Sonoma County Vineyards Are First to Achieve Climate Adaptation Certification

Three Growers Will Share Data and Insight During Upcoming Webinar SANTA ROSA, Calif. (May 24, 2024) – As the climate impact conversation continues around the world, in Sonoma County, winegrape […]

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Global Leader Continues to Expand Environmental Commitment   Few organizations or businesses have been as proactive in addressing environmental concerns and lessening their impact than the Sonoma County Winegrowers (SCW). Ten years ago, Sonoma County Winegrowers announced its intent to become the nation’s – and likely the world’s – first 100% certified sustainable wine region by 2019.  It was a bold, ambitious declaration but Sonoma County’s winegrowers were committed and, together, they succeeded in meeting their target in just five years.  Today, Sonoma County has a record 99% of its local vineyards certified sustainable. Five years ago, Sonoma Winegrowers became an exclusive participant in the California Land Stewardship Institute’s (CLSI) Climate Adaptation Certification program marking the first-time participating growers could obtain certification for a comprehensive greenhouse gas reduction and carbon sequestration program. &n

Local Growers Gather to Celebrate Ten Years of Sustainable Winegrowing  SANTA ROSA, Calif.  (January 31, 2024) – Each year, when many of Sonoma County’s 1,800 certified sustainable winegrape growers gather for the Sonoma County Winegrowers’ (SCW) annual meeting, they want to know what is next for one of the world’s most sustainable winegrowing regions. Today, they learned the answer to their question: Sonoma County Winegrowers will embark on a major collaboration with one of the world’s most iconic brands, John Deere Company. The collaboration with John Deere will be an addition to SCW’s innovative Farm of the Future, a living lab for the future of agriculture and an innovation accelerator. Through this living lab, Sonoma County winegrowers and innovative companies can pilot concepts that may eventually result in game-changing solutions that can be shared with farmers across the country and around the world. John Deere is the latest co

Results and Key Findings Will Be Focus of New Video Series Available to Public SANTA ROSA, Calif. (April 22, 2021) – Twenty growers from the Sonoma County Winegrowers representing nearly 1,900 vineyard acres just completed the nation’s first climate adaptation pilot program for agriculture with exciting results, giving us much to celebrate this Earth Day. The […] The post Agriculture’s First Climate Adaptation Pilot Program Completed by Sonoma County Winegrowers with Impressive Results appeared first on Wine Industry Advisor. Url:https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2021/04/22/agricultures-first-climate-adaptation-pilot-program?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=agricultures-first-climate-adaptation-pilot-program Published Date:Thu, 22 Apr 2021 20:00:03 +0000