Featured report:
Articles
2020
Regenerative Is the New Sustainable in Agriculture
https://www.brinknews.com/regenerative-is-the-new-sustainable-in-agriculture/
Forbes: Is Regenerative Agriculture Profitable?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2020/01/30/is-regenerative-agriculture-profitable/#6e31653ecdf2
Why Regenerative Agriculture?
https://understandingag.com/blog/why-regenerative-agriculture?fbclid=IwAR1UIkOwnjnrSEhHFVzgvhZAbgBklmuJg9Ko2DZPl-P_UDX2oL3DkuzROP4
Regenerative farming: how farmers can make the transition (podcast)
https://thepoultrysite.com/articles/regenerative-farming-how-farmers-can-make-the-transition
Regenerative Agriculture Can Help Solve Climate Chaos (podcast)
https://bioneers.org/regeneration-agriculture-can-help-solve-climate-chaos/
Ep. 43: A Reality Check on Regenerative Agriculture (podcast)
https://undark.org/2020/01/31/podcast-43-regenerative-agriculture/
2019
Study Finds U.S. Farmland Now 50 Times More Toxic to Bees Than Before GMOs Were First Introduced [28.10.2019]
https://althealthworks.com/18694/new-study-finds-the-u-s-agricultural-landscape-is-now-50-times-more-toxic-to-honeybees-since-the-introduction-of-gmos-in-the-mid-90s/?fbclid=IwAR03pS_tTNYtNeodgYjGlPdzwO5nYIDxxMEH1RQTTjTbQhGeGEy9AaZWALY&utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com
Regenerative Agriculture is Getting More Mainstream But How Scalable is it?
https://agfundernews.com/regenerative-agriculture-is-getting-more-mainstream-but-how-scalable-is-it.html
Cranfield Environment and Agrifood: Regenerative Agriculture – Identifying the impact; enabling the potential
https://www.foodandlandusecoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Regenerative-Agriculture-final.pdf
Making the investment case for regenerative agriculture
https://agfundernews.com/making-the-investment-case-for-regenerative-agriculture.html
Why You Need to Know About Regenerative Agriculture
Why companies as diverse as Patagonia and General Mills are suddenly focused on getting dirty
https://www.outsideonline.com/2407410/what-is-regenerative-agriculture
The fight to define regenerative agriculture
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/fight-define-regenerative-agriculture
Webinar: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture (Asia)
https://avpn.asia/event/toniic-asia-webinar-on-investing-in-regenerative-agriculture/
2018
17 Organizations Promoting Regenerative Agriculture Around the Globe
https://foodtank.com/news/2018/05/organizations-feeding-healing-world-regenerative-agriculture-2/
Practicing Regenerative Agriculture
https://modernfarmer.com/2018/04/practicing-regenerative-agriculture/
2015
We need regenerative farming, not geoengineering
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/mar/09/we-need-regenerative-farming-not-geoengineering
Businesses getting involved
Danone
Danone is working to develop and promote regenerative models of agriculture that protect soils, empower farmers and promote animal welfare: https://www.danone.com/impact/planet/regenerative-agriculture.html
Farming for Generations
Paris, 26 June 2019 – Eight agricultural sector leaders announced Farming for Generations, a unique, global collaboration to support dairy farmers to adopt regenerative agricultural practices that preserve and renew our planet’s resources, respect animal welfare and ensure the long-term economic viability of farms for the next generation.
https://www.yara.com/news-and-media/news/archive/2019/global-alliance-farming-for-generations/
4 per 1000 initiative
Launched during the climate change COP 21 meeting to catalyse collaboration on soil health and soil carbon sequestration, alongside helping farmers to access training, equipment and financing. It has addressed market incentives, introducing longer-term contracts and a new price management system according to the evolution of production costs rather than the market.
https://www.4p1000.org/
General Mills
4 March 2019 News Release
General Mills to advance regenerative agriculture practices on one million acres of farmland by 2030
https://www.generalmills.com/en/News/NewsReleases/Library/2019/March/Regen-Ag
Regenerative Agriculture: https://www.generalmills.com/en/Responsibility/Sustainability/Regenerative-agriculture
6.08.2019 From office to field: A trip to Stoney Creek Farm
https://blog.generalmills.com/2019/08/from-office-to-field-a-trip-to-stoney-creek-farm/?_ga=2.192264490.1474886830.1585477138-118334142.1585214946
Olam
Global agricultural commodity company
Living Landscapes Policy – launched in 2018, the Olam Living Landscapes Policy (OLLP) supports a ‘Net-Positive’ approach to sustainable development in agricultural supply chains and landscape management: https://www.yara.com/news-and-media/news/archive/2019/global-alliance-farming-for-generations/
One Planet Business for Biodiversity
Nestle S.A., Kellogg Co., Danone S.A. Balbo Group, Barry Callebaut, Firmenich, Google, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Kering, Livelihood Funds, L’Oreal, Loblaw Cos. Ltd., Mars, Inc., Migros Ticaret, McCain Foods, Royal DSM, Symrise AG, Unilever and Yara International ASA.
These 19 companies that have partnered with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in an initiative to protect and restore biodiversity within their supply chains and product portfolios. The coalition, called “One Planet Business for Biodiversity,” launched Sept. 23 at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York.
Also known as the OP2B, the initiative will focus on three pillars: scaling up regenerative agriculture practices, boosting cultivated biodiversity and diets through product portfolios, and eliminating deforestation/enhancing the management, restoration and protection of natural ecosystems.
https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/14556-nestle-kellogg-among-companies-forming-biodiversity-initiative
Sustainable Food Policy Alliance
13 July 2018. Nestle USA, Danone North America, Mars, Inc. and Unilever United States have founded the Sustainable Food Policy Alliance, which will focus on public policies that shape what people eat and how it impacts their health, communities and the planet. The formation of the group comes after each company withdrew from the Grocery Manufacturers Association, Washington, a trade association that represents consumer packaged goods manufacturers.
https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/12142-nestle-danone-mars-and-unilever-form-sustainable-alliance
Other initatives
Cooks Venture
Blue Apron’s Founder and Former COO Matthew Wadiak recently launched this online grocer to offer poultry the company says is raised using regenerative practices.
https://cooksventure.com/pages/regenerative-agriculture
Delta Institute
A nonprofit focusing on market-based solutions to environmental problems, is working to develop “a disruptive infrastructure that positions us to unlock substantial capital flows into the regenerative agriculture sector.”
https://delta-institute.org/
Ecosia
We kickstart agricultural projects that build soil and plant trees to fight climate change, demonstrate the financial viability of regenerative practices, protect animal welfare, and produce healthy food.
https://www.ecosia-regenerative-agriculture.com/
Farmland LP
Farmland LP was formed in 2009 to demonstrate that large-scale sustainable agriculture is more profitable than the dominant model of commercial agriculture in the U.S. today. We strive to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns to our investors using sustainable land management practices that align the interests of investors, the environment, farm managers, consumers, the communities in which we operate, and future generations. It is foundational to Farmland LP that superior investments and sustainability are synergistic and not in conflict.
We bought our first farm in 2010 in Corvallis, Oregon. Today, we manage over 12,500 acres of farmland in Northern California and Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Through our expertise in agriculture, soil biology, real estate, and farm management, we have forged a new model for how farmland is owned and managed.
https://www.farmlandlp.com/about/#.Xohc-ogzZPY
Forum for the Future
With funding from the Walmart Foundation, stakeholders from across the agriculture system and Forum for the Future will be leading a collaborative process to identify the key opportunities to scale regenerative agriculture in the United States, based on an understanding of current activities and initiatives. Our goal is to create a joined-up approach to driving action on the ground.
https://www.forumforthefuture.org/blog/regenerative-agriculture-a-shared-ambition
https://www.forumforthefuture.org/sustainability-and-system-change
Kiss the Ground
A 501(c)3 increasing societal awareness about the extraordinary benefits of healthy soil. We educate millions of people across the globe and provide pathways for everyone to participate in the movement. Through our Leadership and Farmland programs we directly support farmers and their adoption of regenerative agriculture and cultivate leaders who can implement change at a community level and within the key sectors of business, policy, media, and education. We also create inspiring media, strong partnerships, and shift policy.
http://kisstheground.com/
OneHealthAg
Aaron Niederhelman is an entrepreneur, a speaker, writer, host and dogged advocate for regenerative food system reform. Spawned by his Eisenhower Fellowship research in the EU evaluating farm-borne antimicrobial resistance (AMR), nutrient security, and proven examples of food-system reform – Niederhelman‘s objective with OneHealthAg is to change the domestic food system through free-market demand of an increasingly more engaged consumer.
http://www.onehealthag.com/team-members/
Palm Done Right
You may have heard of all the destruction Asian palm oil is causing. But that’s not the full story.
Done right, palm oil can be one of the most sustainable oils in the world, nurturing animals, people, communities and the environment. Here’s how.
https://www.palmdoneright.com/en/regenerative-agriculture/
Regeneration International
In June 2015, about 60 people from 21 nations, representing businesses, the farming and scientific communities, educational institutions, policymakers and NGOs, convened in Costa Rica to draw up a blueprint for an international movement united around a common goal: to reverse global warming and end world hunger by facilitating and accelerating the global transition to regenerative agriculture and land management. In January 2017, Regeneration International (RI) achieved 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. Today, RI engages with a network of more than 250 international partners and a growing number of Regeneration Alliances throughout the world, including in the U.S., South Africa, India, Canada, Belize, Mexico and Guatemala.
https://regenerationinternational.org/our-network/
Regenerative Design Group
Regenerative Design Group was founded in 2009 as a mission-driven business to respond positively to the sweeping changes of our time. Our team draws on backgrounds in ecology, farming, green building, art + design, and community engagement to inform everything from broadscale master planning and site design to detailed planting design and construction documents. Together, we weave the elements of any project into a highly functioning whole system.
https://www.regenerativedesigngroup.com/restoring-land-with-regenerative-agriculture/
Regenerative Organic Certification
A holistic agriculture certification encompassing pasture-based animal welfare, fairness for farmers and workers, and robust requirements for soil health and land management. The Regenerative Organic Alliance will oversee the Regenerative Organic Certification framework and guidelines.
https://regenorganic.org/
Rodale Institute
The Rodale Institute is known for pioneering and continually advocating for the use of regenerative agricultural practices. Founded in 1947 in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, by J.I. Rodale, the Institute has transformed 333 acres of formerly degraded farmland into highly fertile and productive land growing a variety of organic crops. The farm forms the basis for Rodale’s research, education, and outreach, and it is home to the longest-running comparative study of organic and chemical agriculture, started in 1981.
https://rodaleinstitute.org/
Soil Capital (Belgium)
Offers advisory, management, and investment for farmers and organisations looking to develop regenerative agriculture.
To empower farmers to commit 1 million hectares to more profitable, regenerative agriculture by 2025. We unlock the potential of farming professionals to produce healthy food, living soils, clean air and abundant biodiversity while improving farm profitability at the same time.
https://www.soilcapital.com/services
Soil Alliance (Germany)
https://www.soilalliance.org/
Savory Network
The Savory Network is a global group of entrepreneurial innovators and leaders working to advance regenerative agriculture, reverse desertification, and combat climate change. With more than 30 hubs around the world, the Savory Network advocates, trains, implements, and facilitates Holistic Management and regenerative agriculture practices in their own global and agricultural contexts. The network is an initiative of the Savory Institute, which has the broader goal of informing policymakers, establishing market incentives, and increasing public awareness to support the ecological restoration of grasslands worldwide.
https://savory.global/
UnderstandingAG
Our mission, our passion
Understanding Ag is a regenerative agricultural consulting company that provides the support and confidence to help our clients reduce input costs, generate actual profits and ensure family farming futures. We accomplish this by educating and mentoring farmers, ranchers, landowners, businesses, and communities in the principles and practices needed to restore, repair, rebuild, regenerate their farming and ranching ecosystems.
Who we are….
We are real farmers and ranchers who combine decades of experience to help our clients successfully implement regenerative agricultural and ecological principles that replace the input-intensive, agricultural model to enable sustained profitable farming and ranching operations. Understanding Ag, LLC also offers consulting and planning services for multi-enterprise systems, businesses, organizations and communities.
https://understandingag.com/
Scientific articles
Regenerative agriculture: Merging farming and natural resource conservation profitably [02.2018]
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323400640_Regenerative_agriculture_Merging_farming_and_natural_resource_conservation_profitably
Chapter 4.3 – Case Study: Taranaki Farm Regenerative Agriculture. Pathways to Integrated Ecological Farming [2016]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128012314000227
Towards the real green revolution? Exploring the conceptual dimensions of a new ecological modernisation of agriculture that could ‘feed the world’ [4.01.2011]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959378011000057
Soil Carbon Sequestration Impacts on Global Climate Change and Food Security [11.06.2004]
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/304/5677/1623
Reducing food poverty by increasing agricultural sustainability in developing countries [1.04.2003]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167880902000877
