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Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative

The American Peanut Council (APC) launched its nationwide sustainability initiative in late 2021, building on a pilot undertaken by the National Peanut Board and the Georgia Peanut Commission. The new initiative will build on this pilot, incorporating the Fieldprint Platform metrics for peanuts from Field to Market, and adding new elements such as a self-assessment questionnaire using a data collection platform for growers. The objectives for the initiative are:

Develop a protocol to verify that peanuts are grown responsibly and by using good agricultural practices accepted by the industry.

Utilize a common data collection platform in collaboration with the cotton industry to make participation as efficient as possible for growers of both crops by avoiding duplication of data entry.

Provide environmental metrics for communication to domestic and international customers, with the assurance that a random sample of growers has been verified.

Communicate best practices and success stories derived from the Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative and other reliable sources to industry stakeholders and their customers.

Drive continuous improvement of farm sustainability and profitability by working collaboratively with shellers, buying points, processors, manufacturers, growers, extension, state grower associations, and other industry groups to find areas of improvement.

Develop the framework proactively so that we can navigate our own course as an industry and avoid having an unfamiliar framework imposed upon the U.S. peanut industry.

2023 Goal

In 2022, the American Peanut Council launched an initiative to document and track peanut sustainability starting at the field level using eight key indicators. One of the objectives is to help peanut growers estimate and understand their environmental footprint and share ways to reduce it over time. For the 2021 growing season, growers managing 2.5% of the total U.S. peanut acres voluntarily enrolled in the sustainability initiative. Our goal is to reach 5% peanut acreage representation in the sustainability platform by 2023 to understand the industry’s room for improvement and set appropriate targets We are engaging with growers, buying points, shellers, manufacturers, and allied industries to rally behind the sustainability initiative and find where it fits in their operations.

Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative

The American Peanut Council (APC) launched its nationwide sustainability initiative in late 2021, building on a pilot undertaken by the National Peanut Board and the Georgia Peanut Commission. The new initiative will build on this pilot, incorporating the Fieldprint Platform metrics for peanuts from Field to Market, and adding new elements such as a self-assessment questionnaire using a data collection platform for growers. The objectives for the initiative are:

Develop a protocol to verify that peanuts are grown responsibly and by using good agricultural practices accepted by the industry.

Develop a protocol to verify that peanuts are grown responsibly and by using good agricultural practices accepted by the industry.

Utilize a common data collection platform in collaboration with the cotton industry to make participation as efficient as possible for growers of both crops by avoiding duplication of data entry.

Utilize a common data collection platform in collaboration with the cotton industry to make participation as efficient as possible for growers of both crops by avoiding duplication of data entry.

Provide environmental metrics for communication to domestic and international customers, with the assurance that a random sample of growers has been verified.

Provide environmental metrics for communication to domestic and international customers, with the assurance that a random sample of growers has been verified.

Communicate best practices and success stories derived from the Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative and other reliable sources to industry stakeholders and their customers.

Communicate best practices and success stories derived from the Sustainable U.S. Peanuts Initiative and other reliable sources to industry stakeholders and their customers.

Drive continuous improvement of farm sustainability and profitability by working collaboratively with shellers, buying points, processors, manufacturers, growers, extension, state grower associations, and other industry groups to find areas of improvement.

Drive continuous improvement of farm sustainability and profitability by working collaboratively with shellers, buying points, processors, manufacturers, growers, extension, state grower associations, and other industry groups to find areas of improvement.

Develop the framework proactively so that we can navigate our own course as an industry and avoid having an unfamiliar framework imposed upon the U.S. peanut industry.

Develop the framework proactively so that we can navigate our own course as an industry and avoid having an unfamiliar framework imposed upon the U.S. peanut industry.

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Registration will open in January 2022.
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