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Instead of changing our economic system to make it fit within the natural limits of the planet, we are redefining nature so that it fits within the economic system.
Creating sustainability? Join the Re-Generation!
In the face of multiple converging crises, mere sustainability is no longer enough. Too much damage has already been done. We need to restore ecosystem and community health, and create regenerative systems that allow us to face uncertainty creatively.
In the Pastures of Colombia, Cows, Crops and Timber Coexist
Research in Colombia reveals that with silvopastoral systems, cattle ranchers can produce the same amount of dairy, meat, and timber products in half the land area.
Move Over, Organic And Natural Foods. We Live In A Grassfed Era Now.
If you’re eating grass-fed beef or drinking grass-fed milk, what does it really mean?
Stéphane Le Foll: The Obelix of Agriculture?
It’s not a stretch to say that French Minister of Agriculture Stéphane Le Foll’s charisma and personality have been the driving forces behind the 4p1000 initiative. Le Foll shocked the world when he said that agriculture could provide a solution to climate change.
An African COP
Last week I attended, on behalf of Regeneration International, a meeting to map out the next steps for France’s 4 per 1000 climate initiative. The meeting, called “What Governance and Roadmap for the 4 per 1000?” took place during the Salon International de l’Agriculture du Maroc (SIAM), in Meknes, Morocco.
A sprinkle of compost helps rangeland lock up carbon
If compost from green waste — everything from household food scraps to dairy manure — were applied over just 5 percent of the state’s grazing lands, the soil could capture a year’s worth of greenhouse gas emissions from California’s farm and forestry industries.
Antidepressant Microbes In Soil: How Dirt Makes You Happy
Did you know that there’s a natural antidepressant in soil?
Factory Farm Meat: Why Vegetarians, Ranchers and Conscious Omnivores Need to Unite
It’s time to stop fighting among ourselves about whether or not to eat meat. Americans need to boycott all factory farmed meat and animal products. Period.
One Way to Get Big Agriculture to Clean up Its Act
Why are we paying so much money to grow crops that (mostly) become biofuel, animal feed and the processed foods we’re supposed to eat less of?
20 Perennial Vegetables to Plant Once and Enjoy Forever!
Do you want to do your part to reverse climate change? Plant perennial vegetables — crops that you plant just once and harvest year after year— in your garden this spring.
Soil Could Save Earth From Overheating
New research shows that changing the way we farm and manage soils so they store carbon rather than lose it would help avoid dangerous climate change.
The World In a State of Extreme Transition: Moving from Sustainability to Regenerative Design
Collectively, our actions in the next decade may well determine the future of our world. We propose the new paradigm emerge from the ideals of regenerative culture. This is the call-to-action for this generation, the re-generation, the generation that re-thought and re-constructed how we lived in harmony with the planet.
Declaration of Civil Society Organizations and Academic Attendees of the “4 per 1000 Initiative: Soil for Food Security and Climate” Presentation held on April 18, 2016 in the Offices of SAGARPA
On April 18 (2016), Regeneration International and the Asociación de Consumidores Orgánicos co-organized a meeting in Mexico City to introduce France’s 4 per 1000 initiative to government officials. Attendees talked about agriculture and climate, how they are related, and what needs to be done support organic regenerative agriculture in Mexico.
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