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Monthly Newsletter – Vía Orgánica

09/02/2022

This month we celebrate corn at home, the milpa, with special tours to discover the species that sprout on our plot, learn what they're used for, and how plants are related. At the end of your tour ask for your cooked corn and some product from the milpa.

Monthly Newsletter – Vía Orgánica

08/01/2022

In recent years we have noticed longer droughts and more irregular rains due to climate change, therefore, rainwater harvesting becomes more relevant.

The Nitrogen Problem in Agriculture

07/11/2022

The manufacture of synthetic fertiliser is highly energy intensive. One kg of nitrogen fertiliser requires the energy equivalent of 2 litres of diesel. Energy used during fertiliser manufacture was equivalent to 191 billion litres of diesel in 2000 and is projected to rise to 277 billion in 2030. This is a major contributor to climate change, yet largely ignored.

Regeneration International’s Perspective of the UNCCD COP15 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

06/30/2022

On the 20 of May 2022, 196 countries ratified an agreement under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification to neutralize land degradation and restore 1 billion hectares of land globally by 2030.

Covid, Climate, Chemicals and Debt: The Perfect Storm that hit Sri Lanka

04/10/2022

The crisis has multiple roots but has intensified in the last 2 years with Covid, Climate change, the debt crisis, the contribution of chemical fertilisers to debt, climate emissions and climate vulnerability.

Agave Power: Greening the Desert

04/05/2022

The development of a new agave-based agroforestry and holistic livestock management system in the semi-arid drylands of Guanajuato, Mexico, utilizing basic ecosystem restorations techniques, permaculture design, and silage production using anaerobic fermentation, is changing the image of agave and their companion trees.

Record Temperatures in the Global South: The Effect of Change of Land Use and Deforestation Becomes More and More Patent Through the Changes of Temperature

02/03/2022

RI on the ground. This year we want to start sharing with you dispatches from the field: updates on what is happening globally and messages of hope and resilience that could turn the tide.

What Happened at the UNFCCC COP26 and How RI Could Promote Soil Health and Regenerative Agriculture to Reverse Climate Change at COP27 in Egypt

02/03/2022

In November of last year, Regeneration International sent a delegation to Glasgow, Scotland, to attend the 26th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Nearly 200 countries negotiate emissions reductions and climate change mitigation goals to limit global temperature rise by 1,5C.

Funding the Regeneration Revolution

02/01/2022

As we have repeatedly emphasized over the past decade, we cannot hope to solve the climate, human, environmental, immigration, financial, and rural economic crisis without organic and regenerative food, farming, and land use becoming the norm, rather than just the alternative.

Regeneration 2022: Requiem or Revival?

01/13/2022

The ambitious goal of Regeneration International is to “change the global conversation” on food, farming, and climate. Our strategy is to inspire and mobilize the global grassroots with the revolutionary message that the climate crisis can be solved, in fact, that global warming and its collateral damage to public health, the environment, biodiversity, and economic livelihoods, can actually be reversed through a global scaling up of organic and regenerative best practices in combination with a transition to renewable energy.

André Leu: Regenerative Farming Is the Next Stage of Agricultural Evolution

12/30/2021

Hardly anyone had heard of regenerative agriculture before 2014. Now it is in the news every day all around the world. A small group of leaders of the organic, agroecology, holistic management, environment and natural health movements started Regeneration International as a truly inclusive and representative umbrella organization.

Regenerative Food and Farming: Survival and Revival

09/27/2021

Regenerative agriculture and holistic livestock management represent the next, crucial stage of organic food and farming, not only avoiding toxic pesticides, fertilizers, sewage sludge, GMO seeds, and excessive greenhouse gas emissions, but regenerating soil fertility, water retention, carbon sequestration, and rural livelihoods as well.

Mercola Fights for Regenerative Agriculture by Supporting Biodynamic Farmers

06/25/2021

Leaders in natural health with a legacy rooted in sustainability, Dr. Mercola and his team promote the future of regenerative agriculture by working with biodynamic farmers to offer Demeter Certified Biodynamic® products in more categories than any other U.S. brand.

RI’s Response to The Ecologist’s “The Regenerative Ranching Racket”

06/22/2021

RI International Director Andre Leu's response to The Ecologist article "The Regenerative Racket" attacking regenerative ranching.

World Bee Day: No Pollination, No Life

05/06/2021

On May 20 we celebrate World Bee Day. Bees, like other pollinators, play a key role in making life possible on our planet.

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