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PepsiCo Iowa Sustainable Sourcing for High Fructose Corn Supply Chain and Climate Smart Project

A sustainability impact project to make progress in reducing absolute green house gas emmissions in PepsiCo’s value chain by 20% by 2030 . PepsiCo and Cargill aim to partner with local farmers to deliver sustainable growth and positive impact through partnerships, education programs and best practice sharing. In this project; PepsiCo and Cargill are working with a local NGO on a sustainable sourcing program that involves recruiting farmers who sell corn to Cargill at Cargill’s facility in Eddyville, Iowa to plant cover crops on any cropland. The objectives of the partnership are to increase farmer’s adoption of winter cover crops through which farmers better manage nutrients, build soil health, control weeds, reduce soil erosion and improve water quality for a more resilient sourcing-shed on Midwest farms resulting in more than 1.2 mil t CO2-eq/year through reduced GHG source emissions.

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Insight

Engagement Targets

Growers

Chart shows new, retained and total number of growers enrolled in each year of the project. Per the project registration, this project has a target of 200 unique growers.

Acres

Chart shows entered and enrolled acres in each year of the project. Per the project registration, this project has a target of 25000 enrolled acres.

Notes: (1) Minor fluctuations in the number of retained growers is expected from year to year. These fluctuations may be due to year-over-year crop rotation effects or other factors beyond the control of the project. Enrolled acres represent the total number of acres on an individual farm in a specific year. The ability to report enrolled acres is based on the Fieldprint Project Standard requirement that individual growers enrolled in projects enter at least 10% of the acres managed for a specific crop. (2) Entered acres represent the actual number of enrolled acres for which data is entered in the Fieldprint Platform for analysis.

Objectives

Increase farmer’s adoption of winter cover crops on approximately 12k acres annually through which farmers better manage nutrients, build soil health, control weeds, reduce soil erosion and improve water quality for a more resilient sourcing-shed on Midwest farms resulting in more than 1.2 mil t CO2-eq/year through reduced GHG source emissions.
2023
Second Party Verified

Project partner Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) selects a representative subset of project growers to enter into FieldPrint Calculator. PFI collects all corn field boundaries using FSA 578s (with the farmers permission) then collects production information using a survey, and verifies abnormalities by corresponding with the farmer. PFI enters the information into the FieldPrint Calculator and conducts analysis for the project.

Participants

Project Lead Organization

PepsiCoFull
CargillFull

Implementation Partner

Practical Farmers of IowaFull

Project Details

Status
Active
Pathway
Insight
Primary Crops
Corn (grain)
Natural Resource Concern
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