Farmer Incentives, Mayonnaise and More!

Field Work

Documentary, Society & Culture

5 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Food companies are seeing a lot more demand from consumers for sustainably-grown food. But how is that demand translating into actual incentives for farmers to adopt conservation practices? In this episode, we bring you the conversation Field Work co-host Mitchell Hora moderated in November 2019 at the Sustainable Agriculture Summit. Panelists included Unilever’s Stefani Millie Grant and Ben Crook from Hellman’s Mayonnaise, who explain how big food companies are trying to encourage more farmers to use sustainable ag practices, and farmer Scott Henry, who participated in Unilever’s sustainable soy program.

Special thanks to the host partners for inviting Field Work to record at the 2019 Sustainable Agriculture Summit. It’s an annual gathering for major food companies, government agencies, academics, conservation groups, and farmers committed to advancing a coordinated and comprehensive approach to driving change in agriculture sustainability. The Host Partners are Field to Market and Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. The next summit will be held in Phoenix, AZ in November 2020.

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0:00.0	Support for fieldwork is provided by Manitou Fund.
0:03.2	So back to the fieldwork podcast where this episode is about how long will it take for Mitchell to screw something up?
0:11.0	If we're betting on this, I'm going to go with not very long.
0:14.7	I'm going to take the, I think I'm going to take the under on this one.
0:27.6	I'm going to take the under on this one. Welcome back to the Fieldwork podcast. I'm Zach Johnson.
0:31.2	And I'm Mitchell Horace. Fieldwork is the podcast you are listening to, and it's a show
0:36.9	by farmers for farmers.
0:39.1	Today we're going to talk about some of the stuff we always talk about, which is what is
0:42.8	working and what is not when it comes to sustainable agriculture. Today we are diving into
0:48.2	the ways that increasing consumer demand for sustainable egg is trickling through the supply
0:53.1	chain and impacting farmers.
0:55.5	Yeah, these days there's a lot more demand from the consumer for conservation-minded agriculture,
1:02.0	but there's a lot of steps for the food to get from our fields to the grocery store.
1:07.0	So yes, people might be willing to pay more for me to use conservation practices,
1:11.3	but that doesn't necessarily mean that I get to see every dollar as a farmer.
1:17.3	And that is one of the really difficult parts when it comes to talking about this kind of
1:21.3	stuff. So I'm really excited to have this conversation today. Luckily, there are some smart
1:26.6	people working on this and
1:28.0	finding ways to pay farmers for the sustainable egg practices that they use. Yeah, you're right.
1:33.8	A ton of steps along the ladder, but I actually was able to pull together a few of those smart
1:38.6	people for a conversation at the Sustainable Agriculture Summit that was hosted last fall in Indianapolis.
1:46.6	It was put on by several big organizations, but especially including field to market.
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