Organic & Regenerative Transition Community of Practice - 2023/24

Overview

This year-long cohort was designed to meet the unique needs of our CPGs, Suppliers, and Distributors. Participants will benefit from expert-led sessions and consults, peer-to-peer learning, and opportunities to work together in pre-competitive collaboration to solve many of the trickiest challenges facing organizations with an organic climate-smart agriculture commitment.

Through our intentional design and facilitation, this Community of Practice fostered innovation and collaboration, supporting businesses in re-thinking the evolution of their supply chains to enable and accelerate the transition to organic and regenerative agriculture.  

Approach

We will work from a place of …

Collaborative Intentions.

This CoP is informed by a belief that through collaboration we can get further faster. In that spirit, we are interested in participants who are eager to learn and work (where desired) across company lines.

Aligned Interests. 

There are two primary areas where participants will have aligned interests. First, they will have a clear interest in organic and regenerative transition for the crops they are working on. Second, they will have a deep orientation towards building a more robust supply chain for organic and regenerative crops.

Implementation and Action.

We recognize that participants may be at different stages in their organic and regenerative journey. However, successful participants will have the leadership support to implement solutions and take action to transition acres to organic and regenerative

Creative Solutions.

One of the exciting aspects of this work is the opportunity to think creatively about how we solve for some of the challenges CPGs are facing. We recognize that solutions may not currently exist, but we are energized about the opportunity to work collaboratively to unlock challenges affecting individual businesses.

Meet the 2023/24 Community of Practice Members

  • Benjamin Bartley

    Director, Responsible Procurement,
    UNFI

  • Allison Blansfield

    Senior Procurement Manager,
    sweetgreen

  • Jeff Bos

    Lead Facilitator,
    The Climate Collaborative & FOMENT

  • Gareth Hollis

    Senior Brand Manager,
    Clif Bar

  • Nikhita Jain

    Value Chain Specialist,
    sweetgreen

  • Alisa Knapp

    Owner,
    Grows Together Consulting

  • Kyle Koehler

    Co-Founder & CEO,
    Wildway

  • Justine Kruse

    Sustainability Manager,
    Califia Farms

  • Philippa Lockwood

    Program Manager, Sustainable Agriculture and Supply Chain Equity,
    Clif Bar

  • Gina Miklasz

    Value Chain Specialist,
    sweetgreen

  • Caitlin Olsen

    Director of Operations & Programming,
    The Climate Colaborative

  • Courtney Pineau

    Executive Director,
    The Climate Collaborative

  • Amna Rauhullah

    Director of Sourcing,
    Daily Harvest

  • Ella Rosenbloom

    VP Sustainability,
    Califia Farms

  • Candice Stacey

    Senior Sustainability Manager,
    Aurora Organic Dairy

  • Mitch Theisen

    Director of Corporate Social Responsibility & Regenerative Sourcing,
    Natural Sourcing International

  • Thomas Stratton

    Co-founder, Foggy Bottom Boys &
    Producer Relations Coordinator, Rumiano Cheese