“We’ve been able to reduce tractor passes by switching to crimping — that is, breaking the plant stalks and leaving the plant material in the vineyard rows.
Napa Green, an independent non-profit since late 2019, runs sustainability certification programs for vineyards and wineries.
Anna Brittain, executive director of Napa Green, said, “The original Napa Green Land program launched in 2004 recognized third-party certifications focused on preventing erosion and runoff for the health of the Napa River and watershed.
A carbon farm plan allows growers to balance practices that put carbon into the ground with those that put carbon into the air—and choose which practices to use.” These practices include adding compost, growing cover crops, and reducing tillage among others, he explained.
“Our workshops have been led by Raymond Baltar from the Sonoma Ecology Center.
Here at Tres Sabores, we get such positive feedback from our guests and such engagement and excitement about the regenerative practices we are able to do.
We’ve been listening to consumers and they have been telling us they want something a little smaller and a little more easy to consume, Alpa Sutaria, Coca-Cola’s general manager of sustainability.