More than ever, consumers are demanding food that isn’t just good for them, but that is also good for the environment. Peanut farmers are committed to growing a nutritious, sustainable crop that will support sustainable livelihoods for generations to come.
The U.S. peanut industry understands that sustainability is the future. That’s why peanut farmers are continuously working to improve water conservation, fertilizer and chemical use, and land resource management. Having solid data about our sustainability practices is critical to being able to tell our story.
That’s the goal of our new Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative. We’re building a data-collection platform to create the transparency that will serve the entire supply chain; from the people who love to grow peanuts, to the people who love to eat them. That’s sustainability in a nutshell.
To learn more visit www.sustainableuspeanuts.org.
Following the launch of the Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative in early 2022, 69 U.S. peanut growers enrolled to share their sustainability story for the 2021 crop year. Explore the Executive Summary to glimpse the first year's accomplishments, and dive into the 2022 Impact Report to see how resource-efficient U.S. peanuts are.
The stakes for accelerating climate action could not be higher. Rapidly intensifying climate impacts threaten to reverse long-term productivity gains across U.S. agriculture at a time when farmers are being asked to feed a growing global population while delivering natural climate solutions and other ecosystem benefits.
You may have seen headlines about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report around the state of the environment. It sounds a “code red” for humanity.
A research study spearheaded by the University of Georgia’s David Bertioli reveals the extensive reach of the genes of a wild Bolivian peanut species. These genes, in turn, have allowed peanut farmers around the world to reduce their fungicide use, as well as fuel emissions.
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Nearly One-Third of Field to Market’s Corporate Members Have Established Science-Based Scope 3 Emission Reduction Targets, While Greater Collective Action Is Needed to Achieve These Goals
Since 2020, per capita peanut consumption has continued to rise, and Bob Parker of the National Peanut Board credits this growth to the sustainability of peanuts.
Ye Juliet Chu, a horticulture scientist from the University of Georgia, has produced three new breeding lines from wild peanut relatives in an effort to increase peanut profitability and sustainability.
The water footprint of peanuts has been relatively small for decades, but updated data shows the industry has improved.
The April 2022 issue of Southeastern Peanut Farmer magazine details information about the Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative and how farmers can participate. The American Peanut Council has been working on this program for several years and it is finally open and ready for farmers to sign up and enter their production management data.
The participation of Georgia peanut farmers in the UGA project has been crucial in showing how the entire peanut industry can get behind this framework of sustainability.
