How General Mills is advancing nature and climate goals hand-in-hand

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Mary Jane Melendez, chief sustainability and global impact officer at General Mills, and other employees hear from Soil Health Academy representative Gabe Brown how all six regenerative agriculture principles are observed in this field at Stoney Creek Farm, Redwood Falls, Minnesota / Credit: Windborne Media
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Mary Jane Melendez, chief sustainability and global impact officer at General Mills, and other employees hear from Soil Health Academy representative Gabe Brown how all six regenerative agriculture principles are observed in this field at Stoney Creek Farm, Redwood Falls, Minnesota / Credit: Windborne Media

The consumer packaged goods company is figuring out how to meet all its sustainability goals, even if they contradict each other

I recently wrote about the close linkage between the state of the world's biodiversity and our food systems, pointing out that the food and agriculture industry has an enormous role to play in halting...

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