In the realm of sustainable agriculture, both regenerative and organic farming practices stand as beacons of environmentally conscious food production. While they share common goals of minimizing harm to ecosystems and promoting healthier food, these approaches diverge in their methodologies and overarching philosophies. Let’s delve into the differences between regenerative farms and organic farms:
CORE OBJECTIVES
Regenerative Farms: The primary goal is to revitalize and enhance the natural ecosystems of the land. Regenerative practices aim not only to sustain current conditions but to actively regenerate soil health, biodiversity, and overall ecosystem resilience.
Organic Farms: Organic farming primarily focuses on avoiding synthetic pesticides, herbicides, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to promote soil and water quality, as well as human health. The emphasis is on preventing harm rather than actively restoring ecological balance.
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En pleno corazón de la sierra de Madrid, entre El Escorial y Guadarrama, David Villacañas y Sonia Gómez son parte de un movimiento para devolverle la vida al suelo cansado y agotado e impulsar la seguridad alimentaria, con su proyecto El Jardín de Gaia, una finca agroecológica dedicada a la formación en agricultura regenerativa y sostenibilidad.
“Las ciudades han dejado de ser aquellos lugares idílicos donde una amplia mayoría de personas anhelaba vivir y cada vez es más fácil reconocer que el estilo de vida urbanita impacta negativamente en la salud del ser humano”, explican a EL ESPAÑOL-Enclave ODS
Son parte de un creciente movimiento global que practica la agricultura regenerativa, un cambio en la forma de cuidar la naturaleza mientras produce alimentos sanos y libres de pesticidas.
“En pocas palabras, la agricultura regenerativa es una agricultura respetuosa con la naturaleza”, dice Sonia. “Se trata de pensar en la salud del suelo, los animales, los humanos y cómo se relacionan todos ellos”.
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I have been given this amazing opportunity to travel Canada and interview agricultural producers about regenerative agriculture for the Rural Routes to Climate Solutions podcast. I’ve never done anything like this before, so when this opportunity came knocking about six months ago, turning it down didn’t cross my mind. I recognize most people don’t get opportunities like this. Heck, I’ll probably never get another one like this. I thought while I am on the road for the podcast, I could and maybe even should share with folks what I am seeing in terms of regenerative agriculture across the country.
This podcast series is part of a larger project called Stories of Regeneration led by Regeneration Canada. Over the summer, Regeneration Canada is hosting farm-to-table events (Alberta, yours is coming up on September 23) and creating short films on the same producers I am interviewing for the series.
“El suelo es el único material mágico que convierte la muerte en vida”. El filósofo indio Sadhguru, uno de los fundadores del movimiento Salvemos el Suelo, trata de concienciar al mundo sobre la importancia de un cambio de enfoque en los problemas medioambientales: detener la degradación del suelo, una medida urgente e indispensable para ayudar a mitigar la sequía, los incendios forestales y preservar el manto vegetal de la Tierra. El movimiento, que cuenta con el apoyo y participación de las Naciones Unidas y múltiples asociaciones y centros de investigación científica, tiene como principal objetivo impulsar cambios en las políticas nacionales de 193 países para aumentar y mantener el contenido orgánico de los suelos.
Más de la mitad de las tierras agrícolas están degradadas
Según la FAO, aproximadamente el 33% de las tierras del mundo están sufriendo la erosión, la contaminación y la urbanización, y más del 50% de la superficie agrícola ha perdido su equilibrio ecológico por la acción humana.
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La producción y el consumo de productos orgánicos son primordiales para la salud humana y el planeta
Ante la tendencia al uso creciente de fertilizantes y productos genéticamente modificados que ha invadido los campos del mundo, la Agricultura Orgánica Regenerativa (AOR) resulta imprescindible para mejorar el sistema agroalimentario, así como para restablecer y conservar el suelo, el agua y la biodiversidad, poniendo un freno al avance rápido del cambio climático, sostuvo el doctor Manuel David Sánchez Hermosillo.
Ese modelo rural incorpora los principios de la permacultura centrada en el diseño de técnicas integrales, al simular o utilizar patrones y características resilientes de los ecosisIteso naturales y las prácticas de cultivo de cobertura; rotación de siembras y pastoreos; composta, y refugios móviles de animales, todo lo cual aumenta la obtención de alimentos y la calidad de la capa superior de la superficie.
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El problema local y regional de contaminación del Mar Menor debe buscar soluciones y visiones desde el exterior que resten sesgo y manipulación. Nuevas aproximaciones al sector primario triunfan mundialmente: la agricultura regenerativa.
La ‘Transición Ecológica’ es el proceso de adaptación y resiliencia de las comunidades frente a crisis económicas y/o ecológicas, cada vez más complejas y problemáticas, derivadas de la dependencia de combustibles fósiles y del cambio climático.
Ante sucesivas crisis, vislumbramos dos opciones: seguir mintiéndonos creyéndonos la mejor Región del mundo con la mejor agricultura y ganadería, o anticiparnos a la adversidad con preparación y soluciones.
El Campo de Cartagena tiene cuatro contraindicaciones importantes para la agricultura intensiva monocultivo: (1) un acuífero saturado de contaminación, (2) un territorio en pendiente para escorrentías y lluvias torrenciales, (3) un Mar Menor en la desembocadura con graves desequilibrios, y (4) el foco mediático constante de Europa y el mundo.
Hollie Fallick looks over Brading on the Isle of Wight, at a patchwork of fields bordered by ancient oaks, which stretches to the Solent. “We still have to pinch ourselves every day,” says the 30-year-old, as she surveys the 50 hectares (125 acres) she farms with her best friend, Francesca Cooper, 34.
The friends – who have five young children between them, were both vegan for a period, and are lifelong environmental activists – are not typical livestock farmers. And they don’t practise typical farming: instead they are part of a growing global movement practising regenerative agriculture – or regen ag for short.
“Really simply, regenerative agriculture is nature-friendly farming,” says Fallick, who says she stopped being vegan when her health suffered. “It’s thinking about the health of soil, animals, humans and how they all link together.”
On Nunwell home farm, which sits alongside land the pair manage for the Wildlife Trust…
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La agricultura regenerativa promueve el uso de técnicas sostenibles que mejoran la calidad del suelo y a diferencia de la agricultura convencional, busca aprovechar de manera estratégica los procesos naturales, lo que permite reducir entre 40 y 50% los costos de producción, según especialistas del INTA
Este sistema, implementado en 1 de cada 50 establecimiento rurales del país, mejoró los ingresos de los agricultores hasta un 30% por haber aplicado prácticas como la diversificación, la reducción de insumos externos, y canales de comercialización alternativos, repercutiendo en alimentos más nutritivos para los consumidores.
“En varios de los ensayos que realizamos pudimos demostrar que con un manejo agroecológico es posible reducir costos, aumentar la rentabilidad y minimizar el impacto ambiental, sustituimos insumos químicos y energía con procesos naturales que permiten ahorrar entre un 40 y un 50% en el costo directo total, con el mismo, o mejor rendimiento”, precisó el referente nacional de Agroecología del (INTA), Martin Zamora.
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Agroforestry Systems
The ranch uses different agroforestry models: the Regenerative Farm, which integrates mulberry trees, mesquite trees, magueys, milpa, pastures and chickens. In another model, olive trees are interspersed with beds of vegetable crops. And the last model, called Billion Agave Project, is an agroforestry strategy where the maguey, the precursor plant, is associated with other species such as mesquite or leguminous plants in the same space, allowing medicinal shrubs and pastures to be established, regenerating the soil and at the same time producing biomass and fodder.
The Billion Agave Project not only captures carbon, but also produces biomass and conserves soil and water. We also produce fodder from the maguey stalks after pruning. We grind them with the help of a cutting machine, place them in containers and ferment them for 30 days in an adobe cellar where they are kept fresh. Once the fermented feed is obtained, it can be supplemented with mesquite flour or bean or chickpea powder to add more protein and complement the forage.
This feed is offered to goats, sheep, poultry and pigs. By using it, we contribute to give the soil a rest from overgrazing to regenerate.
A very important part of our agroforestry systems is the reproduction of species for intercropping in the field. This is why the ranch has a small nursery where we reproduce native species and mesquite layering (rooted branches) that allow us to reduce propagation times that would involve planting the seed to associate different strata of plants, from maguey, trees, grasses and other species of medicinal or melliferous shrubs.
Billion Agave Project
Infographics
Seasonal Crop
Recipe of the Month
Aguamiel Atole
Ingredients:
– 2.5 lts of freshly harvested aguamiel
– 1/4 kg of nixtamalized creole corn masa (masa de maíz criollo)
– Water
Preparation:
1. Dissolve the nixtamalized criollo corn masa in half a liter of mead.
2. Place the other two liters of mead in a clay pot and heat until it boils, add the dissolved masa and stir until the drink thickens to taste.
3.Serve with pulque bread, baked corn gorditas or with a cheese tamale.
Meet Our Producers
Marzé Products
They are a family originally from Celaya, Guanajuato, with a long history in the preservation of food based on natural ingredients. They also produce handmade products such as coconut oil-based soaps, wines, liquors, vinegars, sauces and other foods.
In addition to promoting the transformation and preservation of products, they actively participate in various ecological fairs and craft markets. One of their star products that you can find in our store is the honey, ginger and lemon concentrate. A delicious, nutritious and preventive shot especially to strengthen the immune system that can be consumed all year round as syrup, lemonade or drink of the day.
Inspirations
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
In its resolution 49/214 of December 23, 1994, the United Nations General Assembly decided that the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People shall be observed on August 9 of each year. The date marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. In 1990, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1993 the International Year of the World’s Indigenous People (A/RES/45/164) (A/RES/47/75).
August Workshops
September Worskhops
Every Friday We Take You to the Vía Orgánica Ranch
*Includes transportation, food, mini tour of the orchard, and demonstration of making tamales. RESERVE ON THE FOLLOWING PHONES:
Office: 44 2757 0441
Whatsapp: 41 5151 4978
DON’T FORGET TO VISIT US!
Remember that we are open from 8 am to 6 pm
Carretera México/ Querétaro, turnoff to Jalpa, km 9
Agroecological Park Vía Orgánica.
For information on our products, seeds and harvest,
call our store at 442 757 0490.
Every Saturday and Sunday nixtamalized tortilla with Creole and local corn!
Enjoy our sweet and sour kale chips for children and not so children!
Right under our feet, living soils enable us to regenerate ecosystems, replenish waterways, and draw down atmospheric carbon. In Canada, many farmers are implementing regenerative practices that allow them to increase resiliency on their farms as well as in our communities while protecting our planet and ensuring a healthy food system for all.
With Stories of Regeneration, our team is visiting farmers from across the country—listening to diverse voices, exploring changing landscapes, learning about different practices, connecting with local communities through 8 farm events, and producing educational content in the form of 10 short films, 10 podcast episodes, 6 webinars and 10 articles.
Join one or more of our pan-Canadian events from July until October 2023!
