Jay Zises, an investment and finance executive in New York City, divides his time between helping high-net-worth clients manage their investment activity and supporting charitable and community organizations. Jay Zises supports the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), which is dedicated to addressing environmental challenges facing people around the world. To complete its work, the EDF relies heavily on the partnerships it forms with other companies and groups. In January 2019, the organization announced a new partnership with Tyson Foods, Inc., created with the goal of furthering Tyson’s sustainability strategy as well as meeting the growing demand for sustainable food. The main project will help Tyson achieve its land stewardship goal by scaling agriculture practices for corn. In doing so, the EDF will improve water quality, reduce greenhouse gas emission (GHG), and improve farmer profitability. At first, these changes will only affect about 500,000 acres of corn, but it will be expanded to two million acres of corn by 2020. The new project will use cloud-based technologies from Farmers Business Network (FBN) and MyFarms to collect agricultural production information from farmers. By analyzing this data, farmers can learn about new practices to boost sustainability.
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November 2019
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