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Arrows

How Trace & Save determines where a farm is on their sustainability journey

Reading Time: 4 minutes

We have recently implemented a new assessment which assigns each farm participating with Trace & Save a sustainability status. The purpose of this status is not necessary to categorise each farm and say whether they are good or not. It is rather to identify where the farm is on their sustainability journey.

Old farming methods

What is it worth not to change?

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Can we afford not to change when we look beyond the individual farm and look at the entire agricultural industry and the way food is produced? What will it cost environmentally, and long-term economically, if we do not change?

Trace & Save goals

What do the Trace & Save sustainability scores tell us?

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We have been very encouraged to see improvements. Most farmers working with us have really shown a strong desire to improve the sustainability of their farms.

Cow grazing

Are cows really that bad?

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Taking all this into account, methane is a huge problem. But is it? Recent research has challenged whether methane should be treated in the same manner as carbon dioxide when it comes to its impact on climate change.

Fresh produce

Should I only buy local produce?

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What is more important is becoming conscious of how our food is produced, no matter where it comes from. This especially includes considering what it would have taken for food to arrive on the shelves of your local supermarket.