Dear John,
This week, I’m on-the-ground at Climate Week NYC 2025—alongside many of my Ceres colleagues and partners from the business, finance, government, and nonprofit communities—where we just released a report that maps out pathways for ensuring the resilience of the food and agricultural sector.
The new report, Cultivating Resilience: A Primer on Corporate Investment in Agricultural Supply Chains, highlights four important takeaways for
companies and financial institutions on the current opportunities and barriers to scaling sustainable and resilient agricultural practices in corporate supply chains. Notably, the report shows many of the largest companies are already acting—working with farmers and ranchers to adopt more resilient practices. | | | | However, our analysis showed that more participation on a greater scale is needed to transition the sector and reap the most benefits from
action. Specifically, we found: - Collaborative action is essential
- Lower barriers to entry would increase participation
- Streamlined accounting could help enable co-investment
- Innovation can bring financial institutions to the table
| | | | Our analysis is based on extensive research into existing corporate programs as well as interviews with more than 20 major companies and other stakeholders across the sector. The report also details 15 examples of company-backed projects in the U.S. that are bringing together companies, farmers’ organizations, and nonprofit organizations across supply sheds to support sustainable and resilient agricultural programs.
Learn more about the findings and recommendations by downloading the free report. | | | | | Standing room only Regen House workshop on sustainable and resilient agricultural approaches hosted by Ceres at Climate Week NYC 2025. | | | We’re already putting the report’s finding into action. Today at Climate Week NYC, we held an interactive workshop co-hosted with the Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation’s (PACT) for companies and their supply chains to explore the strategies outlined in the report and discuss specific actions companies can take to incentivize regenerative farming practices and reach their climate, nature, and water goals. | |
| The workshop sparked insightful and engaging discussions, and empowered participants to use the insights they gained from our report to act on these strategies at their own organizations. Interest in the workshop was so strong that we will be offering a virtual workshop on November 5 at 11am. Register here. | | | | | If you’re in NYC for Climate Week, I hope to see you. | | | | | 
Meryl Richards, Ph.D.
Program Director, Food and Forests
Ceres | | |
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Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world.    
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