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Podcast: ReGen Brands Podcast
Episode: #117 - Stacy Cushenbery @ Oatly - Driving Regen Impact With Miller Partnerships & Per Acre Payments
Description: On this episode, we sit down with Stacy Cushenbery, Senior Manager for Global Regenerative Agriculture at Oatly, to unpack how one of the world’s most recognizable plant-based brands is tackling regeneration at scale.
We explore why Oatly chose an “equivalent acres” approach instead of chasing identity-preserved sourcing, and how that decision balances procurement flexibility with landscape-level impact. We dive into why mill partners are the hidden backbone of their program — organizing farmers, shaping agronomy plans, and making regen real on the ground.
Stacy shares the nuts and bolts of what practices Oatly is paying farmers...