Humedalia, a Mexican organization that works for the conservation and restoration of the Mexican wetlands, focuses its work on the chinampas of Xochimilco. This project for regenerating the chinampas soil will provide the local community opportunities to increase family income and engage multiple generations, creating a space for the exchange of knowledge and experiences about ancestral farming techniques.
Despite being politically marginalized, culturally undervalued and economically excluded, and despite experiencing greater difficulty accessing land than any other social group in the country, small farmers in Colombia, who represent 30 percent of the country’s total population, produce 70 percent of the food consumed in the country.
La agricultura no es nueva para personas Negras.
Farming is not new to Black people
El trabajo de Humedalia se concentra en las chinampas de Xochimilco, buscando incrementar el secuestro de carbono mediante un enfoque sistémico agua-suelo.
A pesar de vivir en la marginación política, la subvaloración cultural y la exclusión económica, con mayores dificultades de acceder a la tierra que cualquier otro grupo social en el país, los campesinos y campesinas, que representan al 30% de la población total del país se las arreglan para abastecer el 70% de los alimentos que se consumen en el país. Además, nos recuerdan a quienes vivimos en urbes el valioso sentido del arraigo a la tierra y al territorio para dar sustento a nuestras raíces e identidad.
Carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere translates into higher levels of soil carbon, thus proving that these farming practices could play a big role in the fight against climate change. Regenerative techniques could lower carbon emissions, heal overworked land, and produce higher yields of high-quality crops and livestock.
Richard Teague, from Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Texas A&M University, provides more insight into sustainable agroecosystems, focussing on cropping using regenerative agricultural principles
A study conducted in the Western Ghats finds that while teak and eucalyptus plantations may match the carbon storage and capture rates of natural, biodiverse forests, the latter were more stable in their rate of carbon capture during the study period with smaller decreases during years of drought.
Regenerative agriculture, including raising livestock, will be a key component of not only protecting water resources in Minnesota, but improving farm productivity and the overall sustainability of farming communities across the state. And for regenerative agriculture to thrive, consumers will need to keep meat as a part of their diet.