General Mills, McDonald’s, Cargill and more form Ecosystem Services Market Consortium to promote land stewardship
This program enables and encourages farmers and ranchers to adopt and sustain conservation management practices to improve soil health, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve related water quality and reduce water use.
Ten private-sector companies and non-profit organizations announced their intent to form the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC) to promote land stewardship to build healthy soils, soil carbon sequestration and water conservation on the globe’s working lands.
ESMC’s founding circle is comprised Cargill, Wichita, Kan.; General Mills, Minneapolis; McDonald’s USA, Oak Brook, Ill.; Mars Inc., McLean, Va.; ADM, Chicago; Bunge Ltd., White Plains, N.Y.; Indigo Agriculture, Boston, Mass.; Noble Research Institute, LLC, Ardmore, Okla., Soil Health Institute, Morrisville, N.C.; and The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Va.