‘Corporate Colonization’: Small Producers Boycott Un Food Summit
Small-scale farmers and Indigenous groups say big ag offers only false and self-interested solutions.
Entries by Regeneration International
Es hora de la transición agroecológica
A medida que COVID-19 amenaza a las comunidades agrícolas de África que luchan contra el cambio climático, el continente se encuentra en una encrucijada. ¿Seguirán sus pueblos y gobiernos intentando replicar los modelos de agricultura industrial promovidos por los países desarrollados? ¿O se moverán audazmente hacia el futuro incierto, adoptando la agricultura ecológica?
Time to Transition to Agroecology in Africa
As COVID-19 threatens farming communities across Africa already struggling with climate change, the continent is at a crossroads. Will its people and their governments continue trying to replicate industrial farming models promoted by developed countries? Or will they move boldly into the uncertain future, embracing ecological agriculture?
How Grassroots Organic Seed Saviours Challenge Monopolies, Promote Sustainable Farming
Several local women farmers recalled their struggle in persuading their family to convert hazardous, chemical-driven conventional farming into environment-friendly organic farming.
Composting and Mulching to Build Healthy Soils
Organic material is essential to good soil. Well-decomposed organic matter helps increase water and nutrient holding capacity of the soil, and undecomposed material like leaves and clippings used as surface mulch can help conserve moisture and keep weeds under control.
México diseña un método revolucionario para revertir la degradación de las tierras semiáridas
Una nueva técnica de agricultura regenerativa desarrollada por un campesino local a base del agave y mezquite nativos está teniendo éxito en México y podría aplicarse a las tierras degradadas de todo el mundo. Es, dice un experto, “uno de los esquemas de regeneración de suelos más grandes de la Tierra … implementado en tierras degradadas, básicamente sobrepastoreo e inadecuado para cultivos, sin necesidad de irrigación o insumos químicos”.
“La agricultura regenerativa es el futuro, hay que sanar el suelo”
Raúl Rituerto se vale del ganado para nutrir, abonar y recuperar la tierra de sus variados cultivos de Azazeta, España.
Farmers Eye Towards Regenerative Agriculture to Fight Dry Summer
This dry summer is creating problems across the province with wildfires, but it’s also taking a toll on farmers. Larry Garrett of Garrett Ranches has been adding ruminates back to the ecosystem to build soil health.
What about Our Grasslands? Abandoning Meat May Spell Disaster for Vital Ecosystems
Recent opinion articles advocate eliminating meat from human diets, or using artificial meat substitutes, to fight climate change. However, many experts believe that grazing animals used for meat are the key to the future health of the most altered, destroyed and endangered ecosystems on earth: grasslands.
Pairing Agroforestry with Livestock: The Major Benefits
Farmer Nikki Yoxall, who runs Howemill Farm and Grampian Graziers, explains how she is using agroforestry – the process of combining trees with crops or livestock – to boost her farm’s yields, productivity and more and how you can too.