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Submitted by Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2021 /CSRwire/ - Field to Market®: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture announced today that it was awarded a two-year grant totaling $760,000 by the Walton Family Foundation to advance supply chain sustainability efforts across U.S. commodity crop production. Among other priorities, the grant will support the development of Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions reporting guidance for food and agriculture companies that are utilizing Fieldprint® Platform metrics with farmers in their supply chains. Currently, there are more than 60 locally implemented projects enrolled in Field to Market’s Continuous Improvement Accelerator, representing nearly 5 million acres of data collection and reporting. The Scope 3 emissions guidance will enable companies to credibly report progress on climate targets.