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Introduction to Field to Market ISCC Regional Stakeholder Meeting Chisara Ehiemere December 5, 2017

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Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture focuses on defining, measuring and advancing the sustainability of food, fiber and fuel production

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| Uniting the Supply Chain to Deliver Sustainable Outcomes for Agriculture

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HowWeDefineSustainableAgricultureMee7ngtheneedsofthepresentwhileimprovingtheabilityoffuturegenera7onstomeettheirownneedsby:•  Increasingproduc7vitytomeetfuturefoodandfiber

demands•  Improvingtheenvironment•  Improvinghumanhealth•  Improvingthesocialandeconomicwell-beingofagricultural

communi7es

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GuidingPrinciples•  Engagethefullsupply

chainincludingproducers•  Focusoncommodi7es

cropswithuniquesupplychainsandtraceabilityissues

•  Sciencebased•  Outcomesbased

•  Technologyneutral•  Commitmenttoindividual

growerdataprivacy•  Emphasisoncon7nuous

improvement•  Measurebroad-scale

trendsandfield-scaleoutcomes

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Deliverables:WhatWeAreDoing

Supplychainprojects:Directengagement

incon7nuousimprovement

GrowerFieldprints:

Individualopportuni7esforcon7nuousimprovement

Na7onalindicators

report:Documenta7onofoveralltrends

Publicdataandmodels

Collabora@velydeveloped

Outcomesbased

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National Indicators Report The Sustainability Story of U.S. Agriculture

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Na7onalIndicatorsReport:Objec7vesØ  Analyzetrendsover7meforenvironmentaland

socioeconomicsustainabilityindicatorsØ  Establishabaselineagainstwhichtomeasurefuture

improvementsØ  Createenablingcondi@onsforaninformed,mul7-

stakeholderdiscussionofsustainabilityØ  Advanceanoutcomes-based,science-basedapproachØ  Providebroad-scalecontextformorelocalefforts

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The Fieldprint® Calculator Measuring Field Level Outcomes and Identifying Opportunities for Improvement

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WhatistheFieldprintCalculator?•  Anonlineeduca7ontoolforrowcropfarmersthatindexestheiragronomicsandprac7cestoaFieldprint

•  Helpsgrowersevaluatetheirfarmingdecisionsandcomparetheirsustainabilityperformance

–  Intheareasof:•  Landuse•  Soilconserva7on•  Soilcarbon•  Wateruse•  Energyuse•  Greenhousegasemissions•  WaterQuality•  Biodiversity(indevelopment)

–  Comparingagainst:•  Theirownfields•  Theirownperformanceover7me•  County,stateandna7onalaverages

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MeasuringattheFieldLevel

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Fieldprint® Projects Supply Chain Partnerships for Continuous Improvement

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FieldprintProjects•  Demonstrateuseofcalculatoronthegroundtotestu7lityatthegrowerlevelandthroughthesupplychain

•  Engagefarmersacrossgeographies,crops,andsupplychains

•  Sponsorsincludegrowerorganiza7ons,supplychaincompanies,conserva7onorganiza7ons,andNRCS

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SupplyChainPartnershipsin20+States

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Corn

Cotton

Potatoes

Soy

Rice

Wheat

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Supply Chain Sustainability Program Scaling Impact

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TheFuture:FTM’sthreebasicfunc7ons

1. Benchmarkinganddatacollec7on2.  Iden7fyingopportuni7esforcon7nuousimprovementbyleveragingexis7ngtools/programs/ini7a7ves

3. Aggrega7nginforma7onandenablingsupplychainsustainabilityclaims

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Three7ersofverifiedclaims

•  Par@cipa@on:Memberingoodstanding• Measurement:Projectlevelengagementwith1-4yearsofdata

•  Impact:Quan7fyingimprovementover7mewithminimum5yearsofdata

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HarmonizingMetricsandApproaches•  SignedaMOUwithTheSustainabilityConsor7umin2014to

harmonizemeasurementandrepor7ngofsustainableagriculture‒  FieldtoMarket’sbenchmarksandmetricscanbeu7lizedtoreportagainst

TSC’skeyperformanceindicatorsoncommoditycropproduc7on

‒  Commitmenttoencouragedataplacorminteroperabilityandcollaborateoninnova7onprojects

•  SignedaMOUwiththeInnova7onCenterforU.S.Dairyin2015toalignmetricstoassesssustainabilityofdairyfeed

•  Collabora7ngwithalignedeffortstoharmonizemetricsandapproaches

‒  Na7onalCadlemen'sBeefAssocia7on

‒  RoundtableonSustainableBiomaterials

‒  SAIPlacorm

‒  StewardshipIndexforSpecialtyCrops

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Online

Fieldprint®

Calculator

Precision

Agriculture

PlaPorms

Decision

Support

Solu@ons

Conserva@on

Delivery

Tools

Farm

Management

SoTware

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