November 2025 Newsletter

Our November newsletter is out! This month: a major carbon-data initiative with IWCA, an excellent cover-crop webinar and updated Toolkit resources. Additionally, new “Journey to ROC” certification for growers on the path to organic, a packed set of standout podcasts and interviews, and global 1BC launches and field days from Napa to South Africa.

The big and urgent stuff:

• IWCA × RVF carbon-sequestration initiative — email us to share your data
• Cover crops webinar with the Porto Protocol — recording here
• Updated cover-crop resources in the RVF Toolkit — explore here
• 1BC update: Napa + Texas launched (with Sonoma also incoming); UK + South Africa field days; Vinexposium nomination — see our events here

In the news:

• Inkwell Wines on carbon sequestration + costs — report here
• ROC launches “Journey to ROC” certification — info here
• The Buyer on Sustainability in Drinks — roundup featuring RVF workshops here
• Forbes: soil “evangelists” and the RVF’s One Block Challenge™ here

Podcasts & interviews:

• Patrick Schmitt interviews Joseph Phelps CEO on RV — listen here
• Nick Dugmore on regen, community, and cancer — here

Dates for your diary:

• Napa 1BC info sessions — 9 and 11 Dec — info here
• Oxford Real Farming Conference — 8–9 Jan 2026 — info here
• Tasting Climate Change — 18–20 Jan 2026 — info here
• Embracing Hybrid Grapes, UC Davis — 26 Jan 2026 — info here
• Underground Festival, NZ — 18–19 Feb 2026 — info here

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