Canadian Alliance for Net Zero Agri-Food (CANZA)

The Million Acre Challenge is powered by farmers and industry leaders. Together with founding partners, we’re scaling climate smart farming and building a resilient Canadian food system. #MillionAcreChallenge #FarmersLead #SustainableAgriculture

The Million Acre Challenge is more than a program—it’s a movement. Watch our video to learn how farmers, industry partners, and CANZA are transforming Canadian agriculture, and join us in scaling regenerative practices. #CANZA #MillionAcreChallenge #RegenerativeFarming #SustainableAgriculture

🌱 Fresh blog post, fresh website! Our newly redesigned website is live, and so is our latest blog post on the Million Acre Challenge. Discover how it works, what it offers, and why it matters for farmers looking to build resilience and strengthen their operations. Learn how this initiative is helping share risk, support innovation, and scale regenerative practices, starting in Southwestern Ontario. Read the full post: https://lnkd.in/ewV_VhZF #CANZA #MillionAcreChallenge #RegenerativeAgriculture #SustainableFarming #ClimateSmartAg

“Building a more sustainable and affordable food system will require a whole-sector approach. Industry, innovation, policy, and consumers all play a role.” — Nick Betts, Managing Director, CANZA Watch the final episode of the Wicked Solutions Series, where Nick joins TheFutureEconomy.ca to discuss what it will take to build a more affordable, sustainable food system for Canada, and the critical role of collaboration in getting there. Presented by Generate Canada and FCC / FAC Farm Credit Canada. https://lnkd.in/ewMDjRuz

Huge congratulations to one of our Alliance Founders, RBC, on the launch of RBC Regenerate! Introduced alongside Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, and fellow CANZA Partner Nature United, and friends from Collective Impact, RBC Generate launched with a $5-million, five-year investment in Prairie agriculture. The program will expand nationally through partnerships with CANZA and other partners, helping Canadian farmers thrive while advancing sustainable practices for years to come. This announcement capped off a very generative (pun intended!) SF4C Hackathon, where bright young minds tackled some of agriculture’s toughest challenges with expert support from TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods, McCain Foods, PepsiCo, and Nature United. Hosted by another CANZA partner, the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph, the day was full of energy and inspiration. I’m excited to keep our collaboration train rolling together across the Canadian Alliance for Net Zero Agri-Food (CANZA) in ways that reduce burden, decrease risk, and accelerate support for regenerative and climate-smart agriculture in Canada. 🔗 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eDvV8Ewh John Stackhouse Lisa Ashton Evan Fraser Hadley Archer Collective Impact

New Blog Post: The Million Acre Moment "The opportunity is here: healthier soils, stronger yields, lower risk, and recognition for farmers’ leadership." In our latest blog, we explore the vision behind the Million Acre Challenge, an initiative built with farmers, for farmers, to help de-risk regenerative practices and ensure their efforts are finally recognized, valued, and rewarded across the supply chain. Read the full blog: https://lnkd.in/ewM9inKD #MillionAcreChallenge #RegenerativeAg #FarmersLead #SustainableFarming #ClimateSmartAg #FoodSystemResilience

When it comes to climate-smart farming, who better than a farmer? Our new blog post focuses on the challenges farmers face in adopting climate-smart practices, and how CANZA is working with farmers, to support farmers through the Million Acre Challenge. From financial barriers to knowledge gaps, the path to resilient, sustainable farming isn’t always easy. But Canadian farmers are already proving what’s possible, and this initiative is here to back their leadership with recognition, support, and resources. Read the full blog here: https://lnkd.in/eas6mHb6

A big moment for Canadian agriculture! Earlier today at the Food Leadership Summit, Nick Betts took to the stage to share something truly exciting, the launch of the Million Acre Challenge. We’re incredibly inspired by the energy in the room today, and by the growing community of people and organizations who believe in a thriving, climate-smart future for Canadian agriculture. A huge thank you to all our partners who make this work possible. The journey to a million acres of regenerative impact starts now. #MillionAcreChallenge #CANZA #RegenerativeAgriculture #FLS25 

I’m excited to share that CANZA is launching the “Million Acre Challenge”—a bold new initiative to scale regenerative farming across Canada. 🌱 This is a big step toward scaling action that supports the great work farmers are doing with resilient, climate-smart farming in Canada. 🇨🇦 This program offers cost-sharing incentives, risk support, and a data-driven outcomes marketplace to help farmers adopt regenerative practices that improve soil health, reduce emissions, and build financial resilience, all while further shaping the incentives and tools needed to scale. This is about co-designing the future of farming with farmers, industry, and finance partners, together turning ambition into real-world change. 👉 Read more about the launch here: https://lnkd.in/gYJTCDkJ #RegenerativeAgriculture #ClimateSmartFarming #NetZeroAg #CANZA #Collaboration #InnovationInAg

Introducing the Million Acre Challenge Today at the GLOBE Food Leadership Summit, Canadian Alliance for Net Zero Agri-Food (CANZA) is announcing its new initiative to scale regenerative farming across Canada, starting with 365,000 acres over the next 5 years. The Million Acre Challenge will work with farmers to accelerate economically viable and environmentally sustainable practices that strengthen a thriving, resilient Canadian agricultural sector and food system. With farmers at the centre, and support from across the value chain, including industry, government, researchers, and corporate partners, the Challenge shows what’s possible when we come together to take on agriculture’s toughest challenges. Each year, we’ll bring more farmers into the program and support those already involved to expand these practices across even more acres. Learn more and join the challenge: https://lnkd.in/ePbEee36 #MillionAcreChallenge #FLS25 #FoodInnovation #RegenerativeAg #SustainableAgriculture