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Introduction to Field to Market ISCC Regional Stakeholder Meeting Chisara Ehiemere December 5, 2017
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Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture focuses on defining, measuring and advancing the sustainability of food, fiber and fuel production
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| Uniting the Supply Chain to Deliver Sustainable Outcomes for Agriculture
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HowWeDefineSustainableAgricultureMee7ngtheneedsofthepresentwhileimprovingtheabilityoffuturegenera7onstomeettheirownneedsby:• Increasingproduc7vitytomeetfuturefoodandfiber
demands• Improvingtheenvironment• Improvinghumanhealth• Improvingthesocialandeconomicwell-beingofagricultural
communi7es
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GuidingPrinciples• Engagethefullsupply
chainincludingproducers• Focusoncommodi7es
cropswithuniquesupplychainsandtraceabilityissues
• Sciencebased• Outcomesbased
• Technologyneutral• Commitmenttoindividual
growerdataprivacy• Emphasisoncon7nuous
improvement• Measurebroad-scale
trendsandfield-scaleoutcomes
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Deliverables:WhatWeAreDoing
Supplychainprojects:Directengagement
incon7nuousimprovement
GrowerFieldprints:
Individualopportuni7esforcon7nuousimprovement
Na7onalindicators
report:Documenta7onofoveralltrends
Publicdataandmodels
Collabora@velydeveloped
Outcomesbased
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National Indicators Report The Sustainability Story of U.S. Agriculture
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Na7onalIndicatorsReport:Objec7vesØ Analyzetrendsover7meforenvironmentaland
socioeconomicsustainabilityindicatorsØ Establishabaselineagainstwhichtomeasurefuture
improvementsØ Createenablingcondi@onsforaninformed,mul7-
stakeholderdiscussionofsustainabilityØ Advanceanoutcomes-based,science-basedapproachØ Providebroad-scalecontextformorelocalefforts
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The Fieldprint® Calculator Measuring Field Level Outcomes and Identifying Opportunities for Improvement
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WhatistheFieldprintCalculator?• Anonlineeduca7ontoolforrowcropfarmersthatindexestheiragronomicsandprac7cestoaFieldprint
• Helpsgrowersevaluatetheirfarmingdecisionsandcomparetheirsustainabilityperformance
– Intheareasof:• Landuse• Soilconserva7on• Soilcarbon• Wateruse• Energyuse• Greenhousegasemissions• WaterQuality• Biodiversity(indevelopment)
– Comparingagainst:• Theirownfields• Theirownperformanceover7me• County,stateandna7onalaverages
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MeasuringattheFieldLevel
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Fieldprint® Projects Supply Chain Partnerships for Continuous Improvement
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FieldprintProjects• Demonstrateuseofcalculatoronthegroundtotestu7lityatthegrowerlevelandthroughthesupplychain
• Engagefarmersacrossgeographies,crops,andsupplychains
• Sponsorsincludegrowerorganiza7ons,supplychaincompanies,conserva7onorganiza7ons,andNRCS
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SupplyChainPartnershipsin20+States
15
Corn
Cotton
Potatoes
Soy
Rice
Wheat
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Supply Chain Sustainability Program Scaling Impact
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TheFuture:FTM’sthreebasicfunc7ons
1. Benchmarkinganddatacollec7on2. Iden7fyingopportuni7esforcon7nuousimprovementbyleveragingexis7ngtools/programs/ini7a7ves
3. Aggrega7nginforma7onandenablingsupplychainsustainabilityclaims
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Three7ersofverifiedclaims
• Par@cipa@on:Memberingoodstanding• Measurement:Projectlevelengagementwith1-4yearsofdata
• Impact:Quan7fyingimprovementover7mewithminimum5yearsofdata
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HarmonizingMetricsandApproaches• SignedaMOUwithTheSustainabilityConsor7umin2014to
harmonizemeasurementandrepor7ngofsustainableagriculture‒ FieldtoMarket’sbenchmarksandmetricscanbeu7lizedtoreportagainst
TSC’skeyperformanceindicatorsoncommoditycropproduc7on
‒ Commitmenttoencouragedataplacorminteroperabilityandcollaborateoninnova7onprojects
• SignedaMOUwiththeInnova7onCenterforU.S.Dairyin2015toalignmetricstoassesssustainabilityofdairyfeed
• Collabora7ngwithalignedeffortstoharmonizemetricsandapproaches
‒ Na7onalCadlemen'sBeefAssocia7on
‒ RoundtableonSustainableBiomaterials
‒ SAIPlacorm
‒ StewardshipIndexforSpecialtyCrops
‒ U.S.RoundtableforSustainableBeef19
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Online
Fieldprint®
Calculator
Precision
Agriculture
PlaPorms
Decision
Support
Solu@ons
Conserva@on
Delivery
Tools
Farm
Management
SoTware
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