A Unilever It announced its first regenerative farming program in the United Kingdom and plans to work with farms that grow ingredients used in Coleman products.
The scheme will initially be implemented over a four-year period on mustard and mint farms near Norwich and Peterborough, with the first sowing of the scheme taking place next month.
 
The farms will test new regenerative farming practices, including low-carbon fertilizers, innovative crop nutrition strategies, cover crops and the implementation of new digital irrigation planning systems.
The Consumer Products Institute worked with farms to collect data and establish a framework to measure the impact of these practices over time, collecting information on soil health, fertilizer use, biodiversity, water use efficiency and carbon reduction. Impact on agricultural production and profitability.
 
Andre Burger, Unilever's head of nutrition in the UK and Ireland, said, “Healthy soil should be critical to all food businesses, and as the climate crisis continues to hit the natural world, we need to protect it, but also help regenerate soil, as well as farmland to grow the crops and products we enjoy every day. used.”
He continues: “Colemans is a British staple and our new regenerative farming program will help ensure its sustainable supply and the future of its products and land.”
 
Unilever plans to invest in regenerative agriculture practices on around 1.5 million hectares of land and forests by 2030 to help ensure food security and resilience of supply chains.
 
