Hey Paul, love the idea of this list, but with all due respect many of the products on here are not carbon negative, and I don't think the companies would claim they are either. I'm most familiar with the meat space, and while Belcampo and Hickory Nut Gap, etc are great farms, their monogastric proteins (chicken and pork) are most certainly not in a carbon negative space yet, especially when you run a life cycle assessment with processing, packaging, distribution, etc. Not sure how Do Good would make such a claim either (looked on their website and they don't make it there), and Quorn's ingredient list includes non organic potatoes, wheat, peas, onion, sugar (plus a bunch of things I've never heard of). Maple Leaf is factory farming ducks in confinement houses. Furthermore, I don't see ANY of the dog food companies making a carbon negative claim anywhere on their websites, and I believe Patagonia Provisions would be really upset if they knew they were on this list.
In summary, I think you've compiled a really cool list of companies pushing the bar and doing some great things. I'll certainly keep this link handy. However, the NUMBER ONE threat to growing and scaling regenerative agriculture is greenwashing, and giving credit where it is not yet due. Just because we want things to be carbon negative doesn't mean they are. This space has a looooong ways to go before we can make the claims that White Oak Pastures can based on their LCA. I think we should lift up those companies that are truly doing carbon negative production, and be honest about those of us who are pursuing it but not there yet.
Hey Paul, love the idea of this list, but with all due respect many of the products on here are not carbon negative, and I don't think the companies would claim they are either. I'm most familiar with the meat space, and while Belcampo and Hickory Nut Gap, etc are great farms, their monogastric proteins (chicken and pork) are most certainly not in a carbon negative space yet, especially when you run a life cycle assessment with processing, packaging, distribution, etc. Not sure how Do Good would make such a claim either (looked on their website and they don't make it there), and Quorn's ingredient list includes non organic potatoes, wheat, peas, onion, sugar (plus a bunch of things I've never heard of). Maple Leaf is factory farming ducks in confinement houses. Furthermore, I don't see ANY of the dog food companies making a carbon negative claim anywhere on their websites, and I believe Patagonia Provisions would be really upset if they knew they were on this list.
In summary, I think you've compiled a really cool list of companies pushing the bar and doing some great things. I'll certainly keep this link handy. However, the NUMBER ONE threat to growing and scaling regenerative agriculture is greenwashing, and giving credit where it is not yet due. Just because we want things to be carbon negative doesn't mean they are. This space has a looooong ways to go before we can make the claims that White Oak Pastures can based on their LCA. I think we should lift up those companies that are truly doing carbon negative production, and be honest about those of us who are pursuing it but not there yet.
Just this farmer's two cents!
Paul @ Pasturebird
Paul, thanks for your feedback! I don't disagree.
So why is the list still published with no caveats?