If Our Small Farms are Allowed to Wither, the Whole Nation Will Suffer
Last week, smallholders took direct action over supermarkets’ failure to pay them a fair price. Here, a dairy farmer warns that their demise will deprive the country of skills that we can ill afford to lose.
Defining Organic; All About Animal Welfare, Regenerative Agriculture, and Rural Economics; Guest Heretic Will Harris of White Oak Pastures
After 50 years, Will Harris moved to a farming system that is not only organic, but regenerates the soil by emulating nature’s own processes while concentrating on animal welfare and restoring rural economics.
How to Save the World? The Answer Is in the Soil
The Need to GROW is a new documentary about an age-old matter—soil. And although soil science is relatively young and unbelievably complex, it’s been a life source for millions of years.
Restoring the Climate: War Is Not the Answer
Shifting to renewable energy—the core of McKibben’s mobilization—is essential. But this alone won’t avert climate disaster.
The King of Cover Cropping
California is seeing a 20 percent uptick in fires compared to 2015. "Climate change isn’t merely a looming specter that’s tied up in physics and the fiat of large corporate and governmental entities," writes Schwartz. "It’s also about what we do with land."
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Hurt Farmers and Make Seed Companies Richer
Here’s why experts say the trade deal is a “big win” for the biotech seed industry.
Education for Meaningful Sustainability and Regeneration
If we want to co-create a future worth living, all of humanity will have to learn to collaborate. We need to come together in all our wonderful diversity as one Re-Generation facing our common challenge: to re-design our human presence on Earth in accordance with our place in the family of things.
Special Report: US Organic Farming Hotspots – an Opportunity for Rural Communities?
A recent study suggests that producing organic foods is correlated with lower poverty and increased household incomes in rural communities.
5 Reasons Why Biodiversity is a Big Deal
A new study warns Earth's biodiversity has fallen below the 'safe' limit. What does that mean, and why should we care?
Food Tank: Polyfaces
Regrarians recently released a documentary about Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm, titled "Polyfaces." The film showcases the unique and sustainable farming style pioneered by the Salatin family in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. It examines how these holistic practices regenerate landscapes, communities, local economies, human health, and soil.
Lakota Lead Native Americans, Ranchers and Farmers in Fight Against Dakota Access Pipeline
Amidst the cries of "protect our water, protect our land, protect our peoples," Native Americans, ranchers and farmers are standing their ground along a highway in North Dakota.
The Next Agriculture Revolution Is Under Our Feet
The good news is that while it may take hundreds of years to geologically build soil, farmers have demonstrated that they can increase organic matter and improve soil function in just a few years, through soil health management systems. This represents the hope in healthy soil — the potential of regenerative agriculture.
Four Important Lessons from Cuba’s Urban Food Survival Strategy
Cuba has come a long way since the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the loss of imports crucial for the island nation’s industrial agriculture system—such as chemical pesticides and fertilizers—left Cuba with a severe food crisis in the 1990s. Today, Cuba has become a regional leader in sustainable agricultural research. Within its practices and institutions lies a model for localized and small-scale urban agriculture.
Four Important Lessons from Cuba’s Urban Food Survival Strategy
Cuba has come a long way since the collapse of the Soviet Union, when the loss of imports crucial for the island nation’s industrial agriculture system—such as chemical pesticides and fertilizers—left Cuba with a severe food crisis in the 1990s.
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