#122 - Driving Regen Impact With Miller Partnerships & Per Acre Payments

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Anthony Corsaro
October 14, 2025

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"Changing how we source oats would put us in a precarious position if farmers couldn’t deliver. Equivalent acres lets us drive system-wide impact while keeping procurement flexible."

-Stacy Cushenbery

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Alec’s Ice Cream Raises $11 Million Series A

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Alec’s Ice Cream has raised $11 million in Series A funding led by Imaginary Ventures to scale its Culture Cup line and expand sourcing from regenerative A2 dairy farms. The regenerative ice cream brand is using the investment to help transition more farms to Verified Regenerative by Land to Market standards, proving that indulgence, gut health, and climate impact can all fit in one scoop.

Equator Takes Cold Brew National

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Equator Coffees has taken its cold brew national, now available in nearly 1,500 Whole Foods, Kroger, and Sprouts stores across the U.S. The California-based roaster is debuting the nation’s first multi-serve Regenerative Organic Certified® cold brews, expanding its sustainable, specialty coffee mission from café counters to grocery shelves nationwide.

Whole Foods Market Forecasts the Top Food and Beverage Trends for 2026

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Whole Foods Market has released its Top Food Trends for 2026, forecasting a year defined by fiber frenzy, tallow’s comeback, and the rise of female farmers. The annual report spotlights eight trends, from regenerative sourcing and freezer fine dining to mindful sweets and vinegar’s modern revival, all reflecting consumers’ growing appetite for wellness, transparency, and culinary creativity.

Canaan Palestine

🫒 Celebrates 20 years of honoring Palestinian family farmers as it kicks off the annual olive harvest, supporting 2,400 farmers across 52 cooperatives. The company has reinvested over $1.2 million into farming communities since 2006, preserving centuries-old regenerative practices and sustaining the cultural and culinary heritage of Palestine.

Edacious & Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA)

🌱 Partner to link regenerative farming practices with measurable improvements in food nutrient density. By combining AEA’s agronomic expertise with Edacious’s cutting-edge testing and data platform, the collaboration will help farmers prove the nutritional and environmental benefits of regeneration.

Cairnspring Mills

🌾 Redefines what flour can be, crafting premium regenerative “farm-to-bag” flour using traditional stone milling and direct farmer partnerships. The Washington-based company just raised over $1 million and announced a new mill in collaboration with the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation—part of its mission to prove that regenerative, community-rooted food systems can scale.

Elevate Organic

🌸 Launches the first-ever organic, clinically studied Shatavari supplement in the U.S., featuring Ixoreal’s SRI-81™ - the only organic form validated in clinical research. With exclusive access to both Organic SRI-81 Shatavari and Regenerative Organic Certified® KSM-66 Ashwagandha, the brand is setting a new benchmark for wellness products that unite proven efficacy with regenerative sourcing.

My Neighbor’s Tallow

🔥 Has grown from a home kitchen experiment to a regenerative skincare brand sold in nearly 200 stores nationwide. Sourcing tallow directly from Hudson Valley farms, the brand’s transparency and regenerative ethos have earned it a NEXTY Award nomination and a spot at Expo West in 2026.

FoodChain ID & Agmatix

🤝 Have announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate regenerative agriculture with measurable ROI. The partnership combines FoodChain ID’s global certification credibility with Agmatix’s AI-powered RegenIQ platform, giving companies trusted certification pathways and data-driven insights to prioritize practices that deliver real environmental and economic results.

ADM

🌾 Positions regenerative agriculture as the backbone of food security, not a CSR sideline. With over 5 million acres and 28,000 producers already enrolled, ADM is betting that traceability, transparency, and resilient supply chains will make regeneration a long-term win for both farmers and consumers.

Braga Fresh's Josie's Organic Brand

🌿 Earns official regenerative farming certification from A Greener World for 60.5 acres in the Salinas Valley. The milestone recognizes five years of Carbon Capture Farming trials, showcasing how large-scale organic vegetable production can rebuild soil health, capture carbon, and create a replicable model for regenerative agriculture.

Root Shoot Malting

👏 Becomes Colorado’s first Certified Regenified malthouse, recognized for its leadership in soil health, traceability, and regenerative values in the craft beverage supply chain. The fifth-generation family farm and first-generation malthouse now offers brewers and distillers nationwide a transparent, sustainable, and regenerative path from farm to glass.

Regenified

🌿 Hosts its inaugural Regenerative Capital Market Day at the London Stock Exchange, uniting global investors, banks, and landowners to explore regeneration as the next major driver of economic value. With up to $10.1 trillion in nature-positive opportunities projected by 2030, the event highlighted how verified regenerative agriculture and forestry are moving from environmental ideals to core investment strategies.

🧉 Yerba Madre is looking for a Shopper Marketing Manager

🌾 Lundberg Family Farms is hiring a Brand Manager

🍷 Bonterra Organic Estates is looking for a Procurement Analyst

🥩 Force of Nature Meats is looking for a Controller & Social Media - Community & Content Manager

The Sights And Sounds Of Regenerative Lamb

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Atkins Ranch takes you behind the scenes at Glenview Station, where farmers, Warren and Cindy, protect pristine waterways to keep their flock and the land thriving. It’s a stunning glimpse of how clean water, healthy soil, and happy sheep come together to create lamb with flavor as pure as the landscape itself.

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