KP Snacks announced today the extension of its long-standing sustainable agriculture programme by launching a new partnership with one of the UK’s leading providers of agronomy, environmental, precision and nutritional services, Farmacy plc.
Part of the Hutchinsons Group, Farmacy’s independent agronomy and farm management expertise will ensure KP Snacks’ farmers have access to the best and most up-to-date knowledge exchange on adopting and embedding regenerative farming practices.
Sustainable agriculture is a key component of KP Snacks’ People & Planet commitments to deliver 30% reduction in Scope 3 emissions by 2032. This target is SBTi-approved and will also serve to secure food production in the long term. By working with Farmacy agronomists, KP Snacks is ensuring that its farmers are getting the best advice to improve soil health, biodiversity, sustainability and regenerative techniques using the latest technology.
KP Snacks has long understood the value of sustainable farming and has worked closely with potato farmers for a number of years to apply sustainable farming principles. The business encourages its potato farmers to implement regenerative practices including:
1. Keeping soil covered
2. Maintaining living roots all year round
3. Integrating livestock wherever possible
4. Maximising crop diversity
5. Minimising soil disturbance
Crucially, KP Snacks underpins this approach by applying context, where assessing and supporting each farm’s specific needs and challenges, taking a field-by-field approach for an optimised outcome. Farmacy agronomists have the knowledge and experience to help the business achieve this.
"We are committed to building responsible, resilient supply chains for generations to come. In collaboration with our farmers and partners, we are passionate about sustainable agriculture and regenerative principles. We recognise some elements are not new, but we must get back to some of those key practices, while working together to combine new and innovative ideas and solutions” said John Glazebrook-Milner, Sustainable Agriculture Manager, Intersnack. "With the collective experience of KP Snacks and our farmers, in combination with our new partnership with Farmacy, we are confident that this programme will make a significant, long-lasting, and positive impact on our farms and the environment."
Mike Young, Chairman of Farmacy plc adds “KP Snacks have recognised the need to help their growers with the transition to more agroecological practices, and with Farmacy’s knowledge of agronomy, environmental, soil health and farm business management it makes a very strong partnership. This partnership supports their growers in understanding and implementing key practices on farm that will have a positive impact right across the food chain as well as enhancing their individual farm businesses.”
KP Snacks is committed to driving lasting, sustainable improvements to agricultural practices, for the benefit of its farmers, and the planet, through a soil-up approach. Through ongoing collaboration with Farmacy and potato farmers, KP Snacks is continually assessing how the business can support more resilient food production. KP Snacks takes a climate, legislative and economic approach, aimed at restoring ecological balance and enhancing the natural resilience of its agricultural systems.
