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We source 1.5 billion potatoes here annually for our Lay’ s, Ruffles and Miss Vickie’ s brands in Canada, and practically all of the oats used by Quaker in North America come from this country.
“ PepsiCo Canada’ s food and beverage businesses have been operating for over 100 years and with those deep roots comes a strong connection to supporting communities, including our many long-standing farming relationships.
“ I’ m proud of the work our teams are doing here to support farmers and spread the adoption of regenerative practices that can help their farms, our business and the planet.”
The use of regenerative agriculture can help to promote healthier soil and bring down the emissions from the practice – while also helping to enhance biodiversity and watershed health and helping to improve the lives of farmers and their communities.
PepsiCo sources around 50 key agricultural crops and ingredients from more than 60 countries around the world and has a goal to drive the adoption of regenerative agriculture, restorative or protective practices across 10 million acres by 2030.
Building trust through farmer-led networks Scaling regenerative agriculture takes more than technical fixes – it relies on strong relationships and on-the-ground expertise.
Farmers are more likely to embrace new practices when the benefits are obvious and the guidance comes from organisations they already trust.
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That is why farmer-led, farmer-facing support networks are essential to the success of any corporate regenerative agriculture initiative.
Chris Beaudry, fourth-generation farmer in St Front, Saskatchewan and South East Research Farm member, says:“ The PepsiCo programme has given me the flexibility to try a lot of the regenerative practices I have wanted to implement and across more acres.
“ When we decided to do this regenerative agriculture thing, we wanted to be playing the long game – something that will benefit our soil, that will benefit me if I am farming in my fifties and sixties. Or my kids if they are farming after me.
“ When you, as a farmer, start looking at your soil having an interdependent relationship with you, then you can start making decisions that benefit you, benefit the crop and benefit us as humans as well.”
116 February 2026