Farmers have the responsibility to steward their land well. Consumers have the responsibility of supporting the good stewards. That is why Trace & Save believes in showing consumers how our farmers are performing with regards to the sustainability.

How are our farmers performing?

Not only farmers have a role to play in sustainable food production.
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Sustainability Scores

TRACE & SAVE ALL FARMERS

HOW DOES OUR SUSTAINABILITY SCORE WORK

10 MOST IMPROVED FARMERS

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WOODLANDS DAIRY FARMERS

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Trace & Save all farmers sustainability (SWAN) score

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Trace & Save all farmers Soil score

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Trace & Save all farmers Water score

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Trace & Save all farmers Atmosphere score

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Trace & Save all farmers Nutrients score

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As much as it is farmers who play a central role in ensuring that food is produced in a sustainable manner, consumers also have a role to play. It is not fair to farmers to say that farming has a negative environmental impact. Certain types of farming have very negative impacts, others not much impact and others can actually have a positive impact. By supporting farmers who implement practices that have a lower environmental impact, or even a positive impact, consumers are supporting sustainable agriculture.

That is why Trace & Save believes that consumers should be able to find out whether the food they buy is being produced sustainably. There are many claims to sustainability, but few have the evidence to back it up. Trace & Save is all about measured agricultural sustainability. The graphs below empower consumers to see whether farmers are improving or not with regards to sustainable farming.

Power of Trace & Save

This process of collecting data, and using it to show both farmers and consumers whether sustainability is actually being addressed, is why we believe the Trace & Save system has such great power.

ARITCLES RELATED TO CONSUMERS

What progress have farms participating with Trace & Save made over the past 10 years?

Looking back over ten years of collecting data from pasture-based dairy farmers, it is encouraging to see that there has been progress made with regards to improved sustainability. Two of the main goals of Trace & Save is to support farmers to farm in a more sustainable manner and to create evidence of progress where it is being made.
2023-09-06/by Craig Galloway

Carbon footprint reduction over time: Lessons from pasture-based dairy farms in South Africa

The reductions in emissions on the 20 pasture-based dairy farms over the past five years are an encouragement to any farm that would like to reduce their environmental impact. The most significant improvements have come from increased feed conversion efficiency, a higher proportion of pasture in the diet, and lower N fertiliser application rates.
2023-09-04/by Craig Galloway

Revisiting the movement: Regenerative agriculture

The value of regenerative farming is the desire of farmers to reduce their environmental impact and align their practices with the services that are inherently part of all ecosystems. But this is not a new concept at all.
2023-05-09/by Craig Galloway