From Soil to Shelf: Arva’s Vision in Action at Climate Week NYC 2025

Scaling Climate Action: Our Events at Climate Week NYC

During Climate Week NYC 2025, Arva helped lead critical conversations across multiple convenings: the Regenerative Systems Summit, the Sustainable Foods Showcase, the Pillars of the Green Transition, and notably, our co-hosted event with Food Tank and Kiss the Ground. These forums put a spotlight on how regenerative agriculture can be meaningfully integrated into CPG supply chains, and how scaling it requires more than ambition, but systems, data, and partnership.

Key Themes & Voices from the Stage

From the Food Tank coverage of our summit “Regenerative Food Systems: Scaling Impact from Soil to Shelf”:

“We’re optimized in our systems to produce cheap calories. Now, [regenerative agriculture is] showing a different pathway,” says Jay McEntire, CEO of Arva. “We need to empower the farmers. We need to think about how we do this at scale to give farmers options to become suppliers of environmental benefits and healthier foods.”

Across panels, keynote voices pushed past certification debates toward greater collaboration and iteration. As Matthew Dillon (Organic Trade Association) noted:

“When I look back on how Certified Organic looked in 1983 to today, it’s become night and day… It’s one part collaboration and one part competition. Organic will be stronger because of the regenerative movement.”

Meanwhile, Clara Coleman (Real Farmer Care) brought it back to fundamentals:

“While all these practices are so incredibly important, if we don’t take care of the farmer first, nobody’s going to be around to do that.”

And Steven Jennings (Ahold Delhaize USA) underscored how corporates should play to their strengths:

“It’s got to start in the soil. However, we don’t grow anything … When we collaborate together, that’s when we bring real-world solutions to life. At the end of the day, we all have similar or the same goals.”

These voices reflect the diverse but aligned push across sectors—from farmers to brands, NGOs to finance—toward a regenerative future.

Collaboration, Innovation & the Road Ahead

In every session and hallway conversation, two ideas surfaced repeatedly:

• Farmer-first design: innovations, transitions, and incentives must be rooted in on-farm realities, not retrofitted later.
• Shared accountability across the supply chain: CPGs, retailers, and lenders all have roles to play, but success depends on data, trust, and alignment.

As Evan Harrison of Kiss the Ground put it: “Farmers are the rockstars of what we do … we amplify their stories every day to inspire people to think about where their food comes from.”

Dive Deeper: Read, Listen, and Watch

We invite you to explore more from the week’s conversations and resources:

• Listen: Podcast from the event
• Read: “All Hands on Deck for Our Planet: Scaling Regenerative Agriculture With Collaboration”
• Watch: Event replay and Arva’s spotlight

At Arva, our commitment doesn’t end with events. We’ll be doubling down on partnerships, supporting on-farm transitions, and helping CPGs embed regenerative practices within supply chains, continuing to turn the momentum from Climate Week into measurable impact.

Photos by Ryan Rose for Food Tank.