European Feed Manufacturers’ Federation (FEFAC) represents the European compound feed industry at the level of the European Institutions. FEFAC consists of 25 national associations in 24 EU Member States, as well as associations in Switzerland, Turkey, Norway, Serbia, and Russia. The FEFAC has projects related to feed safety, feed quality, market access and innovation, and sustainability. In 2015, the FEFAC published the Soy Sourcing Guidelines, which are a list of 59 ethical, social, and environmental topics that are considered important for responsible soy production. The Soy Sourcing Guidelines also include a number of verification requirements for feed material.[1] In addition, the FEFAC has contributed to different projects on feed sustainability, such as the PEFCR Feed for Food-Producing Animals and the GFLI.[2] On September 25, 2020, FEFAC launched its Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 in response to the EU Green Deal Objectives affecting EU feed and livestock production. The Charter includes five ambitions to contribute to more sustainable livestock and aquaculture production:

• Contribute To Climate-Neutral Livestock & Aquaculture Production Through Feed
• Foster Sustainable Food Systems Through Increased Resource & Nutrient Efficiency
• Promote Responsible Sourcing Practices
• Contribute to Improving Farm Animal Health & Welfare
• Enhance the Socio-Economic Environment and Resilience of the Livestock & Aquaculture Sectors

The Charter contains concrete feed sector actions at EU and national level featuring animal nutrition solutions that can help increase the sustainability of livestock farming operations. They are aimed to provide meaningful answers to growing market expectations as well as to increased societal demands at EU and global level.

[1] https://fefac.eu/home/fefac-feed-sustainability-charter-2030/

[2] “Sustainability,” FEFAC, accessed September 15, 2020, https://fefac.eu/priorities/sustainability/

The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy is a voluntary organization that works with leaders from across the dairy value chain to align on pre-competitive priorities and drive progress with the goal of advancing a shared social responsibility platform. The Innovation Center developed the U.S Dairy Stewardship Commitment (Stewardship Commitment) to support dairy farmers, cooperatives, and processors who voluntarily choose to work across the industry to advance sustainability leadership and report progress. The Stewardship Commitment provides science-based measures to track, measure and communicate sustainability progress – at the farm, cooperative and processor level, and from individual company to aggregate national reporting.[1] One of the priority areas of the Stewardship Commitment is feed impact, which is assessed through two indicators:

• Field to Market’s indicators for water, soil, land use and biodiversity.
• Innovation Center’s indicators for greenhouse gas (GHG) and energy intensity of feed production, as measured by U.S. dairy’s Comprehensive LCA for U.S. Milk.

In April 2020, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy set new environmental stewardship goals for the U.S. dairy industry that include manure/nutrient management, soil health and water quality. The 2050 Environmental Stewardship Goals are: Become carbon neutral or better; Optimize water use while maximizing recycling; and Improve water quality by optimizing utilization of manure and nutrients.[2]  This organization has tools listed in the Tools section of this document

[1] “The U.S. Dairy Stewardship Commitment,” Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, accessed September 15, 2020, http://commitment.usdairy.com/

[2] National Milk Producers Federation. “U.S. Dairy Innovation Center sets 2050 Goals.” Regulatory Register 22, no. 2 (Summer 2020). https://www.nmpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/FINAL-Regulatory-Register-Summer-2020.pdf

The U.S. pork industry has had a 100 percent legislative checkoff program since 1986. Congress created the Pork Checkoff as part of The Pork Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act of 1985. Pork producers had requested the legislation so they could take advantage of having all producers and importers participate in a checkoff program designed to strengthen the position of pork in the marketplace. The National Pork Board executes specific programs in the areas of promotion, research and education. No funds may be used for lobbying or to influence government policy.  This organization has tools listed in the Tools section of this document.

Sindirações (Animal Feed Industry of Brazil) consists of 140 members representing approximately 90% of the national market for animal feed in Brazil. Sindirações is leading Brazil’s animal feed sector by participating in the development of public policies, promoting dialogue, and supporting the sustainable development of the animal feed industry. Sindirações has been a member of the GFLI since July 2020.

The Cool Farm Alliance was born out of a Sustainable Food Lab project in 2010 to motivate and measure the potential for agriculture supply chains to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, with a focus on discovering actions that are practical and pragmatic at the farm level.  As a pre-competitive industry collaboration created to address a shared need for tools and metrics that are simple to use and motivate change while being scientifically robust, the Cool Farm Tool falls squarely into the Sustainable Food Lab’s change methods. Since its inception in 2008, the Sustainable Food Lab has shepherded the development and use of the Cool Farm Tool and its evolution from a spreadsheet-based single metric change project to a stand-alone industry platform and multi-metric, web-based tool. The Sustainable Food Lab continues to manage the Cool Farm Alliance working with members and partners to build continuous improvement into the way of doing business and using measurement to move agricultural production more towards increasingly more sustainable practices. This organization has tools listed in the Tools section of this document.

The Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL) is a partnership of livestock sector stakeholders supported by the FAO and committed to the sustainable development of the sector. The Agenda addresses sustainable livestock and covers aspects related to livelihoods, economic and social impacts, public health, animal health and welfare, environmental impacts, biodiversity, and land use.[1] One of the sustainability domains of the Global Agenda is climate and natural resource use, which focuses on creating resilience to climate change in livestock by improving water management and breeding for drought resistance, as well as by using feeds and breeds that produce fewer emissions.[2]

The GASL has also developed the Efficiency Matrix (EM) framework to quantify the impact of specific interventions or production system changes on natural resource use efficiency, including five areas of analysis: forage and grain production, animal feeding, livestock performance, animal health, manure management system.

It aims to describe the impact of production system changes, and so act as a decision-making advisory tool. Because livestock production systems are very diverse, phase one of the EM’s development provided a broad umbrella of assessment indicators that can be applied to different environments, geographies, and scales of farming.[3]

[1] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Transforming the livestock sector through the Sustainable Development Goals (Rome: FAO, 2018), http://www.fao.org/3/CA1201EN/ca1201en.pdf

[2] Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock, Progress Report (GASL, 2019), http://www.livestockdialogue.org/fileadmin/templates/res_livestock/docs/Progress_Report/REPORT_GASL_2020.pdf

[3] Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock, ACTION NETWORK 1 – Closing the Efficiency Gap, http://www.livestockdialogue.org/fileadmin/templates/res_livestock/docs/Area_1/Closing_the_Efficiency_gaps.pdf

The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) mission is to advance, support, and communicate continuous improvement in sustainability of the global beef value chain through leadership, science, and multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration. The GRSB envisions a world where beef is a trusted part of a thriving food system in which the beef value chain is environmentally sound, socially responsible, and economically viable.[1]

[1] “Home,” Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, accessed October 26, 2020, https://www.grsbeef.org/

The Feed Safety Multi-Stakeholder Partnership is an FAO-led Partnership for Capacity Development for Feed Safety, with the objective to strengthen the capacity of relevant stakeholders along the feed and food value chain to establish a safe and sustainable feed and food value chain. The partnership involves intergovernmental organizations, governments, academia, farmers, producers, the private sector, and civil society. Even though the focus of the Partnership is to outline best practices for preventing hazards in feed, it also creates and shares scientific knowledge and data on the impact of feed safety on sustainable feed and food production, and on novel and unconventional feed sources and production processes (e.g. bio-products, insects, and food waste).[1]

[1] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Feed Safety Multi-Stakeholder Partnership (Rome: FAO, 2016), http://www.fao.org/3/a-br874e.pdf

The Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS) promotes the growth of production, trade, and use of responsible soy. It works through cooperation with those in, and related to, the soy value chain, from production to consumption.[1] Members of the RTRS can purchase credits for soybean meal used to feed animals in their supply chain in global regions that may source from high-risk areas.

[1] “About RTRS,” Round Table on Responsible Soy,” accessed October 26, 2020, https://responsiblesoy.org/sobre-la-rtrs?lang=en#que-es

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) an organization designed, in part, to address the growing concerns about the negative environmental impacts of palm oil. RSPO also works with palm oil industry stakeholders to develop global standards to define and certify sustainable palm oil. RSPO is currently the largest multi-stakeholder organization focused on sustainability within the palm oil sector and the only global sustainability standard in the edible oil sector.[1]

[1] Cattau, Megan E., Miriam E. Marlier, and Ruth DeFries, “Effectiveness of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for reducing fires on oil palm concessions in Indonesia from 2012 to 2015,” Environmental Research Letters 11.10 (2016): 105007.

(TSC) is a global non-profit organization transforming the consumer goods industry to deliver more sustainable consumer products. TSC convenes diverse stakeholders to work collaboratively to build science-based decision tools and solutions that address sustainability issues that are materially important throughout a product’s supply chain and lifecycle. TSC members and partners include manufacturers, retailers, suppliers, service providers, NGOs, civil society organizations, governmental agencies and academics. TSC also offers a portfolio of services to help drive effective improvement and implementation.  TSC tools are used to assess year over year product category sustainability performance shared from consumer goods companies with retailers in TSC’s THESIS platform.  Within these annual assessments, TSC’s Key Performance Indicators for feed sustainability issues are provided for beef, chicken, dairy, eggs, farmed fish, farmed shellfish, pork, and turkey. The KPI’s enable retailers and consumer goods companies to track the sustainability performance on feed production and use over time.[1]  This organization has tools listed in the Tools section of this document.

[1] “Why Product Sustainability” The Sustainability Consortium, accessed October 30, 2020, https://www.sustainabilityconsortium.org/product-sustainability/

The UNFAO Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership is a multi-stakeholder initiative that is committed to improving the environmental performance of livestock supply chains, whilst ensuring its economic and social viability. The LEAP develops comprehensive guidance and methodology for understanding the environmental performance of livestock supply chains, in order to shape evidence-based policy measures and business strategies.[1] The LEAP Partnership developed a methodology to introduce a harmonized international approach to the life cycle assessment of the environmental performance of animal feed and livestock supply chains in a manner that takes account of the specificity of the various production systems involved.[2]These LEAP guidelines cover the following environmental impact categories: climate change, fossil energy use, acidification, eutrophication and land use.

[1] “The Partnership,” Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP), accessed September 14, 2020, http://www.fao.org/partnerships/leap/overview/the-partnership/en/

[2] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Environmental performance of animal feeds supply chains: Guidelines for assessment (Rome: FAO, 2016), http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6433e.pdf

The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) is a multi-stakeholder initiative developed to advance, support, and communicate continuous improvement in sustainability of the U.S. beef value chain.[1] In May 2019, the USRSB launched the U.S. Beef Industry Sustainability Framework to identify opportunities for continuous improvement in all types of operations and companies throughout the beef industry. The high priority indicators of the framework are animal health and well-being, efficiency and yield, water resources, land resources, air and greenhouse gas emissions, and employee safety and well-being. Specifically related to feed, the framework will assess water used for feed production through a partnership between the USRSB and Field to Market.

Finally, the USRSB also advances beef sustainability through project support. Projects related to feed that were officially supported by the USRSB in 2019 included:

• Ducks Unlimited’s Cover Crop and Livestock Integration Project (CCLIP): This project incentivizes farmers based in the Prairie Pothole Region of the Dakotas to adopt cover crops and other soil health practices. This includes working with farmers to integrate livestock into cropping systems to improve soil composition, nutrient/water cycling, and farm economics. Supporting viable grazing opportunities in this landscape helps protect remaining grasslands that provide vital wildlife habitat from being converted.
• American Farmland Trust Sustainable Grazing Project: Through its Sustainable Grazing Project, American Farmland Trust works closely with several pilot producers in Virginia to assist with the adoption of regenerative grazing practices to protect natural resources while improving profitability for producers.

[1] “About,” U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, accessed September 14, 2020, https://www.usrsb.org/about

The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs (US-RSPE) is an initiative developed to advance, support, and communicate continuous improvement in sustainability through leadership, innovation, multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration. The environmental focal point of the US-RSPE includes air quality, by-products, energy use, GHG emissions, land use, nutrient management, solid waste, water quality, and water use. The environmental impact of feed is also being considered in its framework.[1]

[1] “U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs,” US-RSPE, accessed October 20, 2020, https://www.us-rspe.org/

Established by the Jeremy Coller Foundation, the FAIRR Initiative is a private foundation that raises awareness of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities caused by intensive animal production. In 2019, FAIRR launched the Global Investor Engagement on Meat Sourcing to encourage the 6 largest fast-food companies [1] to de-risk their meat and dairy supply chains against climate and water risks by adopting strategic policies and targets based on forward-looking analyses across three key areas – greenhouse gas emissions, water and land use. Specifically related to feed, each company was evaluated against a framework developed by Ceres and FAIRR to assess whether companies had a supplier policy that specifies that supplier will address all major sources of water pollution and waste in the animal protein supply chain, including feed production, and whether companies had set a time-bound target that explicitly addresses water impacts in its feed and animal farming supply chain. [2] In November 2020, the FAIRR Initiative released its Protein Producer Index to assess the largest animal protein producers on critical environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. [3]

[1] Chipotle Mexican Grill; Domino’s Pizza; McDonalds; Restaurant Brands International; Wendy’s; and Yum Foods.

[2] “Global Investor Engagement on Meat Sourcing: Progress Briefing,” FAIRR, accessed September 22, 2020, https://www.fairr.org/article/global-investor-engagement-on-meat-sourcing/

[3] https://www.fairr.org/index/

The Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) Is a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 2009 by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA). IFEEDER focuses its work in two primary areas: funding animal feed and pet food research to support AFIA’s legislative and regulatory positions, and developing messaging to policymakers, consumer influencers, stakeholders that highlights the industry’s contributions to the availability of safe, wholesome and affordable food, and preservation of natural resources.[1]

IFEEDER is currently engaged in the first phase of a new research project that aims to assist the feed industry in addressing sustainability in a comprehensive, consistent, and strategic way. Specifically, the project has the goal of helping the feed industry by:[2]

• identifying the sustainability risks and needs of AFIA’s members by segment.
• developing tools that AFIA’s members can use to enhance or build their own sustainability programs.
• communicating and articulating sustainability for the American animal feed sector.
• targeting specific sustainability research topics to close knowledge gaps.
• developing a “sustainability roadmap” that helps AFIA members and IFEEDER connect the industry’s overall sustainability story with the values of its stakeholders.

[1] “The Institute,” IFEEDER, accessed September 23, 2020, https://ifeeder.org/the-institute/

[2] “IFEEDER Seeks Contractor to Develop Feed Industry’s Sustainability Road Map,” IFEEDER, accessed September 23, 2020, https://ifeeder.org/ifeeder-seeks-contractor-to-develop-feed-industrys-sustainability-road-map/

The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) represents the global feed industry as an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable, safe, nutritious, and affordable food for a growing world population. Overall, IFIF members represent over 80% of the compound animal feed production worldwide.[1] As part of its mission, IFIF supports and encourages the sustainable development of animal production through sustainability projects:

• Specialty Feed Ingredients Sustainability Project (SFIS): The SFIS project brings together a consortium of international companies and associations dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of livestock through innovative specialty feed ingredients. The SFIS project examined the use of low protein (nitrogen) diets containing Amino Acids and Phytase in pigs and poultry (broilers in particular).[2]
• Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI).[3]
• Partnership on Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP).[4]
• Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL).[5]

[1] “About IFIF,” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/about/ifif/

[2] “Specialty Feed Ingredients Sustainability Project (SFIS),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/the-speciality-feed-ingredients-sustainability-project-sfis/

[3] “Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/global-feed-lca-institute-gfli/

[4] “Partnership on Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/partnership-on-livestock-environmental-assessment-and-performance-leap/

[5] “Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock,” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/global-agenda-for-sustainable-livestock/

Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) is a membership organization that has pioneered farmer-centered and on-farm research of sustainable agriculture practices since the 1980s. PFI represents a diversity of farmers who raise corn and soybeans, hay, livestock, horticultural crops, and more.[1] Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) and Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) are the lead organizations of the Small Grains in the Corn Belt project, which has the goal of diversifying  the corn/soy system through more diverse livestock feed rations. As part of the Small Grains in the Corn Belt project, PFI has been conducting on-farm pilots, feasibility studies, livestock feeding trials and research that has quantified the environmental benefits and farmer-economic proposition of growing and feeding small grains as part of an extended rotation. Establishing the right conditions to make small grains work for farmers in the Corn Belt will positively impact water quality, soil health and greenhouse gas emissions.[2]

[1] “About,” Practical Farmers of Iowa, accessed October 26, 2020, https://practicalfarmers.org/about/

[2] “Small Grains in the Corn Belt: Project Components,” Sustainable Food Lab, accessed October 26, 2020, https://sustainablefoodlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Small-Grains-Project-Components.11.8.18.pdf

The Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) was launched in 2004 as a non-profit organization to help companies and organizations test and implement innovations in sustainability in the mainstream food system. SFL’s efforts are centered in collaboration and the staff utilize science and performance-based measurement tools to foster impactful change whether supporting change needed for an entire sector, a specific landscape, or an individual company. The partnerships and strong relationships that SFL staff have with people working “on the ground” are critical to continued success. SFL facilitates the Small Grains in the Corn Belt initiative during which SFL partners with global food and beverage companies and farmer organizations to diversify the corn/soy system through more diverse livestock feed rations.[1] See the Case Studies section of this document for more on this organization.  Also see Cool Farm Alliance in this section.

[1] “Our Approach,” Sustainable Food Lab, accessed October 23, 2020, https://sustainablefoodlab.org/the-food-lab/about/

Established by the Jeremy Coller Foundation, the FAIRR Initiative is a private foundation that raises awareness of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities caused by intensive animal production. In 2019, FAIRR launched the Global Investor Engagement on Meat Sourcing to encourage the 6 largest fast-food companies [1] to de-risk their meat and dairy supply chains against climate and water risks by adopting strategic policies and targets based on forward-looking analyses across three key areas – greenhouse gas emissions, water and land use. Specifically related to feed, each company was evaluated against a framework developed by Ceres and FAIRR to assess whether companies had a supplier policy that specifies that supplier will address all major sources of water pollution and waste in the animal protein supply chain, including feed production, and whether companies had set a time-bound target that explicitly addresses water impacts in its feed and animal farming supply chain. [2] In November 2020, the FAIRR Initiative released its Protein Producer Index to assess the largest animal protein producers on critical environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. [3]

[1] Chipotle Mexican Grill; Domino’s Pizza; McDonalds; Restaurant Brands International; Wendy’s; and Yum Foods.

[2] “Global Investor Engagement on Meat Sourcing: Progress Briefing,” FAIRR, accessed September 22, 2020, https://www.fairr.org/article/global-investor-engagement-on-meat-sourcing/

[3] https://www.fairr.org/index/

The Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) Is a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 2009 by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA). IFEEDER focuses its work in two primary areas: funding animal feed and pet food research to support AFIA’s legislative and regulatory positions, and developing messaging to policymakers, consumer influencers, stakeholders that highlights the industry’s contributions to the availability of safe, wholesome and affordable food, and preservation of natural resources.[1]

IFEEDER is currently engaged in the first phase of a new research project that aims to assist the feed industry in addressing sustainability in a comprehensive, consistent, and strategic way. Specifically, the project has the goal of helping the feed industry by:[2]

• identifying the sustainability risks and needs of AFIA’s members by segment.
• developing tools that AFIA’s members can use to enhance or build their own sustainability programs.
• communicating and articulating sustainability for the American animal feed sector.
• targeting specific sustainability research topics to close knowledge gaps.
• developing a “sustainability roadmap” that helps AFIA members and IFEEDER connect the industry’s overall sustainability story with the values of its stakeholders.

[1] “The Institute,” IFEEDER, accessed September 23, 2020, https://ifeeder.org/the-institute/

[2] “IFEEDER Seeks Contractor to Develop Feed Industry’s Sustainability Road Map,” IFEEDER, accessed September 23, 2020, https://ifeeder.org/ifeeder-seeks-contractor-to-develop-feed-industrys-sustainability-road-map/

The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) represents the global feed industry as an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable, safe, nutritious, and affordable food for a growing world population. Overall, IFIF members represent over 80% of the compound animal feed production worldwide.[1] As part of its mission, IFIF supports and encourages the sustainable development of animal production through sustainability projects:

• Specialty Feed Ingredients Sustainability Project (SFIS): The SFIS project brings together a consortium of international companies and associations dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of livestock through innovative specialty feed ingredients. The SFIS project examined the use of low protein (nitrogen) diets containing Amino Acids and Phytase in pigs and poultry (broilers in particular).[2]
• Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI).[3]
• Partnership on Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP).[4]
• Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL).[5]

[1] “About IFIF,” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/about/ifif/

[2] “Specialty Feed Ingredients Sustainability Project (SFIS),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/the-speciality-feed-ingredients-sustainability-project-sfis/

[3] “Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/global-feed-lca-institute-gfli/

[4] “Partnership on Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/partnership-on-livestock-environmental-assessment-and-performance-leap/

[5] “Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock,” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/global-agenda-for-sustainable-livestock/

Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) is a membership organization that has pioneered farmer-centered and on-farm research of sustainable agriculture practices since the 1980s. PFI represents a diversity of farmers who raise corn and soybeans, hay, livestock, horticultural crops, and more.[1] Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) and Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) are the lead organizations of the Small Grains in the Corn Belt project, which has the goal of diversifying  the corn/soy system through more diverse livestock feed rations. As part of the Small Grains in the Corn Belt project, PFI has been conducting on-farm pilots, feasibility studies, livestock feeding trials and research that has quantified the environmental benefits and farmer-economic proposition of growing and feeding small grains as part of an extended rotation. Establishing the right conditions to make small grains work for farmers in the Corn Belt will positively impact water quality, soil health and greenhouse gas emissions.[2]

[1] “About,” Practical Farmers of Iowa, accessed October 26, 2020, https://practicalfarmers.org/about/

[2] “Small Grains in the Corn Belt: Project Components,” Sustainable Food Lab, accessed October 26, 2020, https://sustainablefoodlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Small-Grains-Project-Components.11.8.18.pdf

The Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) was launched in 2004 as a non-profit organization to help companies and organizations test and implement innovations in sustainability in the mainstream food system. SFL’s efforts are centered in collaboration and the staff utilize science and performance-based measurement tools to foster impactful change whether supporting change needed for an entire sector, a specific landscape, or an individual company. The partnerships and strong relationships that SFL staff have with people working “on the ground” are critical to continued success. SFL facilitates the Small Grains in the Corn Belt initiative during which SFL partners with global food and beverage companies and farmer organizations to diversify the corn/soy system through more diverse livestock feed rations.[1] See the Case Studies section of this document for more on this organization.  Also see Cool Farm Alliance in this section.

[1] “Our Approach,” Sustainable Food Lab, accessed October 23, 2020, https://sustainablefoodlab.org/the-food-lab/about/

Established by the Jeremy Coller Foundation, the FAIRR Initiative is a private foundation that raises awareness of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities caused by intensive animal production. In 2019, FAIRR launched the Global Investor Engagement on Meat Sourcing to encourage the 6 largest fast-food companies [1] to de-risk their meat and dairy supply chains against climate and water risks by adopting strategic policies and targets based on forward-looking analyses across three key areas – greenhouse gas emissions, water and land use. Specifically related to feed, each company was evaluated against a framework developed by Ceres and FAIRR to assess whether companies had a supplier policy that specifies that supplier will address all major sources of water pollution and waste in the animal protein supply chain, including feed production, and whether companies had set a time-bound target that explicitly addresses water impacts in its feed and animal farming supply chain. [2] In November 2020, the FAIRR Initiative released its Protein Producer Index to assess the largest animal protein producers on critical environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. [3]

[1] Chipotle Mexican Grill; Domino’s Pizza; McDonalds; Restaurant Brands International; Wendy’s; and Yum Foods.

[2] “Global Investor Engagement on Meat Sourcing: Progress Briefing,” FAIRR, accessed September 22, 2020, https://www.fairr.org/article/global-investor-engagement-on-meat-sourcing/

[3] https://www.fairr.org/index/

The Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) Is a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 2009 by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA). IFEEDER focuses its work in two primary areas: funding animal feed and pet food research to support AFIA’s legislative and regulatory positions, and developing messaging to policymakers, consumer influencers, stakeholders that highlights the industry’s contributions to the availability of safe, wholesome and affordable food, and preservation of natural resources.[1]

IFEEDER is currently engaged in the first phase of a new research project that aims to assist the feed industry in addressing sustainability in a comprehensive, consistent, and strategic way. Specifically, the project has the goal of helping the feed industry by:[2]

• identifying the sustainability risks and needs of AFIA’s members by segment.
• developing tools that AFIA’s members can use to enhance or build their own sustainability programs.
• communicating and articulating sustainability for the American animal feed sector.
• targeting specific sustainability research topics to close knowledge gaps.
• developing a “sustainability roadmap” that helps AFIA members and IFEEDER connect the industry’s overall sustainability story with the values of its stakeholders.

[1] “The Institute,” IFEEDER, accessed September 23, 2020, https://ifeeder.org/the-institute/

[2] “IFEEDER Seeks Contractor to Develop Feed Industry’s Sustainability Road Map,” IFEEDER, accessed September 23, 2020, https://ifeeder.org/ifeeder-seeks-contractor-to-develop-feed-industrys-sustainability-road-map/

The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) represents the global feed industry as an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable, safe, nutritious, and affordable food for a growing world population. Overall, IFIF members represent over 80% of the compound animal feed production worldwide.[1] As part of its mission, IFIF supports and encourages the sustainable development of animal production through sustainability projects:

• Specialty Feed Ingredients Sustainability Project (SFIS): The SFIS project brings together a consortium of international companies and associations dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of livestock through innovative specialty feed ingredients. The SFIS project examined the use of low protein (nitrogen) diets containing Amino Acids and Phytase in pigs and poultry (broilers in particular).[2]
• Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI).[3]
• Partnership on Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP).[4]
• Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL).[5]

[1] “About IFIF,” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/about/ifif/

[2] “Specialty Feed Ingredients Sustainability Project (SFIS),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/the-speciality-feed-ingredients-sustainability-project-sfis/

[3] “Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/global-feed-lca-institute-gfli/

[4] “Partnership on Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/partnership-on-livestock-environmental-assessment-and-performance-leap/

[5] “Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock,” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/global-agenda-for-sustainable-livestock/

Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) is a membership organization that has pioneered farmer-centered and on-farm research of sustainable agriculture practices since the 1980s. PFI represents a diversity of farmers who raise corn and soybeans, hay, livestock, horticultural crops, and more.[1] Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) and Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) are the lead organizations of the Small Grains in the Corn Belt project, which has the goal of diversifying  the corn/soy system through more diverse livestock feed rations. As part of the Small Grains in the Corn Belt project, PFI has been conducting on-farm pilots, feasibility studies, livestock feeding trials and research that has quantified the environmental benefits and farmer-economic proposition of growing and feeding small grains as part of an extended rotation. Establishing the right conditions to make small grains work for farmers in the Corn Belt will positively impact water quality, soil health and greenhouse gas emissions.[2]

[1] “About,” Practical Farmers of Iowa, accessed October 26, 2020, https://practicalfarmers.org/about/

[2] “Small Grains in the Corn Belt: Project Components,” Sustainable Food Lab, accessed October 26, 2020, https://sustainablefoodlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Small-Grains-Project-Components.11.8.18.pdf

The Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) was launched in 2004 as a non-profit organization to help companies and organizations test and implement innovations in sustainability in the mainstream food system. SFL’s efforts are centered in collaboration and the staff utilize science and performance-based measurement tools to foster impactful change whether supporting change needed for an entire sector, a specific landscape, or an individual company. The partnerships and strong relationships that SFL staff have with people working “on the ground” are critical to continued success. SFL facilitates the Small Grains in the Corn Belt initiative during which SFL partners with global food and beverage companies and farmer organizations to diversify the corn/soy system through more diverse livestock feed rations.[1] See the Case Studies section of this document for more on this organization.  Also see Cool Farm Alliance in this section.

[1] “Our Approach,” Sustainable Food Lab, accessed October 23, 2020, https://sustainablefoodlab.org/the-food-lab/about/

Established by the Jeremy Coller Foundation, the FAIRR Initiative is a private foundation that raises awareness of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities caused by intensive animal production. In 2019, FAIRR launched the Global Investor Engagement on Meat Sourcing to encourage the 6 largest fast-food companies [1] to de-risk their meat and dairy supply chains against climate and water risks by adopting strategic policies and targets based on forward-looking analyses across three key areas – greenhouse gas emissions, water and land use. Specifically related to feed, each company was evaluated against a framework developed by Ceres and FAIRR to assess whether companies had a supplier policy that specifies that supplier will address all major sources of water pollution and waste in the animal protein supply chain, including feed production, and whether companies had set a time-bound target that explicitly addresses water impacts in its feed and animal farming supply chain. [2] In November 2020, the FAIRR Initiative released its Protein Producer Index to assess the largest animal protein producers on critical environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. [3]

[1] Chipotle Mexican Grill; Domino’s Pizza; McDonalds; Restaurant Brands International; Wendy’s; and Yum Foods.

[2] “Global Investor Engagement on Meat Sourcing: Progress Briefing,” FAIRR, accessed September 22, 2020, https://www.fairr.org/article/global-investor-engagement-on-meat-sourcing/

[3] https://www.fairr.org/index/

The Institute for Feed Education and Research (IFEEDER) Is a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 2009 by the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA). IFEEDER focuses its work in two primary areas: funding animal feed and pet food research to support AFIA’s legislative and regulatory positions, and developing messaging to policymakers, consumer influencers, stakeholders that highlights the industry’s contributions to the availability of safe, wholesome and affordable food, and preservation of natural resources.[1]

IFEEDER is currently engaged in the first phase of a new research project that aims to assist the feed industry in addressing sustainability in a comprehensive, consistent, and strategic way. Specifically, the project has the goal of helping the feed industry by:[2]

• identifying the sustainability risks and needs of AFIA’s members by segment.
• developing tools that AFIA’s members can use to enhance or build their own sustainability programs.
• communicating and articulating sustainability for the American animal feed sector.
• targeting specific sustainability research topics to close knowledge gaps.
• developing a “sustainability roadmap” that helps AFIA members and IFEEDER connect the industry’s overall sustainability story with the values of its stakeholders.

[1] “The Institute,” IFEEDER, accessed September 23, 2020, https://ifeeder.org/the-institute/

[2] “IFEEDER Seeks Contractor to Develop Feed Industry’s Sustainability Road Map,” IFEEDER, accessed September 23, 2020, https://ifeeder.org/ifeeder-seeks-contractor-to-develop-feed-industrys-sustainability-road-map/

The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) represents the global feed industry as an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable, safe, nutritious, and affordable food for a growing world population. Overall, IFIF members represent over 80% of the compound animal feed production worldwide.[1] As part of its mission, IFIF supports and encourages the sustainable development of animal production through sustainability projects:

• Specialty Feed Ingredients Sustainability Project (SFIS): The SFIS project brings together a consortium of international companies and associations dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of livestock through innovative specialty feed ingredients. The SFIS project examined the use of low protein (nitrogen) diets containing Amino Acids and Phytase in pigs and poultry (broilers in particular).[2]
• Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI).[3]
• Partnership on Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP).[4]
• Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL).[5]

[1] “About IFIF,” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/about/ifif/

[2] “Specialty Feed Ingredients Sustainability Project (SFIS),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/the-speciality-feed-ingredients-sustainability-project-sfis/

[3] “Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/global-feed-lca-institute-gfli/

[4] “Partnership on Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP),” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/partnership-on-livestock-environmental-assessment-and-performance-leap/

[5] “Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock,” International Feed Industry Federation, accessed September 14, 2020, https://ifif.org/our-work/project/global-agenda-for-sustainable-livestock/

Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) is a membership organization that has pioneered farmer-centered and on-farm research of sustainable agriculture practices since the 1980s. PFI represents a diversity of farmers who raise corn and soybeans, hay, livestock, horticultural crops, and more.[1] Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) and Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) are the lead organizations of the Small Grains in the Corn Belt project, which has the goal of diversifying  the corn/soy system through more diverse livestock feed rations. As part of the Small Grains in the Corn Belt project, PFI has been conducting on-farm pilots, feasibility studies, livestock feeding trials and research that has quantified the environmental benefits and farmer-economic proposition of growing and feeding small grains as part of an extended rotation. Establishing the right conditions to make small grains work for farmers in the Corn Belt will positively impact water quality, soil health and greenhouse gas emissions.[2]

[1] “About,” Practical Farmers of Iowa, accessed October 26, 2020, https://practicalfarmers.org/about/

[2] “Small Grains in the Corn Belt: Project Components,” Sustainable Food Lab, accessed October 26, 2020, https://sustainablefoodlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Small-Grains-Project-Components.11.8.18.pdf

The Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) was launched in 2004 as a non-profit organization to help companies and organizations test and implement innovations in sustainability in the mainstream food system. SFL’s efforts are centered in collaboration and the staff utilize science and performance-based measurement tools to foster impactful change whether supporting change needed for an entire sector, a specific landscape, or an individual company. The partnerships and strong relationships that SFL staff have with people working “on the ground” are critical to continued success. SFL facilitates the Small Grains in the Corn Belt initiative during which SFL partners with global food and beverage companies and farmer organizations to diversify the corn/soy system through more diverse livestock feed rations.[1] See the Case Studies section of this document for more on this organization.  Also see Cool Farm Alliance in this section.

[1] “Our Approach,” Sustainable Food Lab, accessed October 23, 2020, https://sustainablefoodlab.org/the-food-lab/about/

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