How COP 21 is Feeding Kellogg’s Supply Chain Strategy | Green Biz

August 3, 2015

3 August 2015, Green Biz, Barbara Brady — “In the wheat fields of eastern Michigan, third-generation farmer Justin Krick is using electronic-soil-reading gadgets and GPS mapping that his father and great-uncle say they never needed — but appreciate now.
The precision agriculture devices made by Syngenta allow Krick to vary nutrient and water management field-by-field, depending on data about soil type and saturation levels, rather than use a one-size-fits-all approach for the farm’s 1,200 acres.
“That greatly reduced the amount of fertilizer needed because it is only placed in certain fields now. That’s been a real big thing; it cuts down on the amount we need,” Krick said. And it has two major results: “a cost savings to the farm, but also sustainability because we are not overapplying anything and we are able to get maximum yield.”
The Krick family supplies soft white winter wheat to Kellogg through the local Star of the West Milling Company. Kellogg’s uses this Michigan wheat to make its Mini-Wheat cereals.As a partner in the Kellogg Great Lakes Origin program, Krick and Star of the West Mill are also supplying pieces to a grand sustainability plan that not only is rippling through Kellogg’s supply chain in Michigan but has ramifications that might be heard in Paris at COP 21 in December. Businesses will be at the table this year when international delegates meet to forge a global carbon reduction agreement. …”