Lotus Foods’ White and Brown Basmati Rice, sourced from family farmers in northern India, has qualified for the Regenerative Organic Certified Silver certification. It is the first rice to achieve this new standard, which goes beyond existing organic and fair trade certifications in promoting farming that enriches rather than degrades soil and values animals and workers.
Lotus Foods was one of 19 brands and farms selected to pilot the Regenerative Organic standards back in 2018. The standards are comprised of three pillars: soil health and land management, animal welfare, and farmer and worker fairness. The goal of the pilot was to develop a greater understanding of how ROC standards can be implemented at the field level and use that experience in finalizing the standards for adoption worldwide.
"We couldn't be more thrilled," said Lotus Foods co-founder and co-CEO, Caryl Levine, in a statement. "These farmers, who have been trained to use a system of rice intensification methods, have demonstrated that it is very feasible to generate important economic and environmental benefits like increasing yields of traditional varieties, reducing water use and methane emissions and also be regenerative."
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