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General Mills says its sustainability goals – launched four years ago – started as a “business imperative” for the 150-year-old food company.

Jerry Lynch, vice president and sustainability chief, tells Brownfield progress is being made with their suppliers and farmers. He says General Mills’ continuous improvement measurement is applied to large commodity crops in North America which are ingredients in many of their food products, “Things like wheat and oats and corn and sugar beets.”

Suppliers work directly with farmers of those crops using the Field to Market calculator by the Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture.

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