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Unilever defines Regenerative Agriculture Principles: ‘Without consensus it’s difficult to have alignment… it was important to start the work’
By Katy Askew
Unilever has gone live with new Regenerative Agriculture Principles (RAPs), a framework that outlines ‘five priority areas’ the company says are ‘in most urgent need of action and where we can generate the biggest impact’. FoodNavigator spoke to Giulia Stellari, Sustainable Sourcing Director at Unilever, to learn more.
There has been mounting buzz about the potential of regenerative agriculture to reduce the negative impact of food production on the health of the planet.
While there is not currently a definitive definition of ‘regenerative agriculture’, the phrase is widely used to refer to practices including minimum or no tillage, reducing the use of chemical pesticides and fertilisers, crop rotation, well-managed grazing versus industrial feed lots, and increasing soil fertility through biological means such as the use of cover cropping.