Session #2 - Carbon farming and soil health for sustainable food systems
Friday, October 15, 2021 9:10 AM to 10:25 AM · 1 hr. 15 min. (Europe/Brussels)
Webstream (with interpretation)
Thematic Session
Information
Carbon farming and Horizon Europe R&I mission on soil health and food are initiatives of the farm to fork strategy. During the session, the two complementary initiatives will be presented. The discussion will focus on the opportunities and challenges for carbon farming to provide input to the formulation of the communication on the EU Carbon Farming Initiative; and on the successful implementation of the R&I mission on soil health in synergy with carbon farming initiative.
Speakers

Geoff Meade
Moderator
Christian Holzleitner
Head of Land use and finance for innovation unitDG for Climate Action
Annette Schneegans
Senior Expert at the European CommissionDirectorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Susanne Köppen
Study on FaST
Daniel Zimmer
Director Sustainable Land UseClimate-KIC
Liisa Pietola
Head of Environmental AffairsCentral Union of Agricultural producers
Rolf Sommer
Director Agriculture and Land Use ChangeWWF
Axelle Bodoy
Global Milk & Farming Sustainability ManagerDanone
Jean-Francois Soussana
Directeur de recherche et vice-présidentMission Board for Soil health and food
Thais Zylbersztajn Fontes
Senior Relationship Manager F&A NetworksRabobank