Regeneration International has Reached More than 500 Partners from Every Continent!

07/21/2023/by Regeneration International

More than 500 Partners from Every Continent

Regeneration International (RI) is one of the largest and most significant regenerative organizations on the planet, with over 500 partners in over 70 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Australasia, the Pacific, North America, and Europe. We are the people who started the global regeneration movement.

Leaders of the organic, agroecology, holistic management, environmental, and natural health movements came together to form Regeneration International as a genuinely inclusive and representative umbrella organization. We aimed to establish a global network of like-minded agricultural, environmental, health, and social organizations to regenerate our food and farming systems, our health, environment, climate, and communities – which is what we have done.

We started the global regeneration movement, and due to our founding actions, regeneration is in the news daily. Regeneration International continues to lead, grow and approve more partners every month.

Due to the diversity of like-minded partners, regenerative agriculture is now being used as an umbrella term for the many farming systems that use techniques such as longer rotations, cover crops, green manures, legumes, compost, and organic fertilizers. These farming systems include organic agriculture, agroforestry, agroecology, permaculture, holistic grazing, silvopasture, syntropic farming, and other agricultural systems that increase soil organic matter/carbon. Soil organic matter is an essential proxy for soil health – as soils with low levels are not healthy.

Dr. Vandana Shiva, one of our founders, stated: “Regenerative agriculture provides answers to the soil crisis, the food crisis, the climate crisis, and the crisis of democracy.”

Defining Regenerative Agriculture.

By definition: Regenerative systems improve the environment, soil, health, animal welfare, and communities.

The opposite of Regenerative is Degenerative

By definition: Agricultural systems that use Degenerative practices and inputs that damage the environment, soil, health, and communities and involve animal cruelty, such as synthetic toxic pesticides, synthetic water-soluble fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, confined animal feeding operations, and destructive tillage systems, are not Regenerative.

They must be called out as Degenerative Agriculture.

Regenerative and Organic based on Agroecology – the path forward.

RI’s perspective: All agricultural systems should be regenerative and organic using the science of agroecology.

Regeneration must be seen as a way to improve systems and heal our planet. Practitioners must determine what practices are acceptable and what practices are degenerative and, therefore, unacceptable. The criteria to analyze this must be based on the Four Principles of Organic Agriculture. These principles are clear and effective ways to decide what practices are Regenerative and what are Degenerative:

Health

Organic agriculture should sustain and enhance the health of soil, plant, animal, human, and the planet as one and indivisible.

Ecology

Organic agriculture should be based on living ecological systems and cycles, work with them, emulate them and help sustain them.

Fairness

Organic agriculture should build on relationships that ensure fairness in the familiar environment and life opportunities.

Care

Organic agriculture should be managed in a precautionary and responsible manner to protect the health and well-being of current and future generations and the environment.

Ronnie Cummins, one of our founders, clearly stated: “Regenerative agriculture and animal husbandry is the next and higher stage of organic food and farming, not only free from toxic pesticides, GMOs, chemical fertilizers, and factory farm production, and therefore good for human health; but also regenerative in terms of the health of the soil.”

South Seas University in Partnership with Regeneration International Present a Five Week Online Course on Regenerative Agriculture

07/14/2023/by Regeneration International

The Future of Agriculture is Regenerative!

Regenerative Agriculture is a holistic land management practice that leverages the power of photosynthesis in plants to balance the carbon cycle and build soil health, crop resilience, and nutrient density.

Regenerative agriculture improves soil health primarily through practices that increase organic matter, which expands biota diversity and biodiversity above and below the soil surface. In turn, this increases water-holding capacity and sequesters carbon at greater depths balancing atmospheric CO2 and improving soil structure to reverse soil loss.

Regenerative Agriculture reverses damage from tillage, agricultural chemicals, salt-based fertilizers, and mining to build a better future. Enrich your knowledge, soil, and income with this unique course by Dr. André Leu, D.Sc., BA Com., Grad Dip Ed.

Send your name, address, email, tel. #, & profession to REGISTER today!

Times: Each lesson is 90 minutes

USA, Thursday, 12.00 Hawaii/Rarotonga, 15.00 US Pacific, 16.00 US Mountain, US Central 17.00, US Eastern 18.00

Asia Pacific, Wednesday, 06.00 Singapore, 08.00 Australia, 10.00 Fiji/New Zealand,

Cost: USD $500 for North & South America, the EU, & elsewhere,

AUD $751 for Australia, Pacific, & Asia

NZD $809 for Cook Islands, Fiji, & NZ

A significantly reduced price will be available to growers or anyone with a limited income who wants to take this course. To apply: Submit your name, address, email, tel #, your position or profession, and why you want to take this course to: LadyCarlaDavis@icloud.com.

To register and secure your place in this uniquely valuable course, submit your:

Full name as you want it on the certificate
Email, address, tel # with country code

To: LadyCarlaDavis@icloud.com

Details for where to send your full payment will be provided upon Registration.

A certificate will be given to participants upon completion.

Professor:

Dr. André Leu D.Sc., BA Com., Grad Dip Ed.
International Director, Regeneration International
Ambassador, IFOAM – Organics International
Author, Growing Life, Poisoning Our Children, The Myths of Safe Pesticides
andre@regenerationinternational.org
http://regenerationinternational.org

Twitter @Andreleu1

Dr. André Leu is a practicing farmer and the International Director of Regeneration International. This organization promotes food, farming, and land-use systems that regenerate the health of the planet and people. Regeneration International has more than 370 partners in 70 countries and works with numerous agricultural systems such as agroecology, organic, permaculture, ecological agriculture, holistic grazing, biological agriculture, organic agriculture, and agroforestry. André is the Author of Growing Life (2021), Poisoning Our Children (2018), and The Myths of Safe Pesticides (2014). His work appears in television, magazines, universities, institutions, NGOs, and worldwide workshops, including the United Nations. André and his wife, Julia, own and manage an organic tropical fruit farm in Daintree, Australia.

ABOUT

SOUTH SEAS UNIVERSITY (SSU)

Registered with the Cook Islands Government in 1999, SSU is an independent, autonomous degree-granting institution of tertiary education in all areas of academic and professional fields, including but not limited to agriculture, architecture, business, education, engineering, health, IT, performing arts, law, medicine, and teaching.

MISSION & VISION

SSU is dedicated to being a leading institution of higher learning, providing access to affordable education for individuals to develop their creativity and acquire skills in unique, innovative fields of specialization. Investing in human resources and their connection to the environment can better prepare students for our rapidly changing world.

WORK

SSU provides a culturally rich environment for students to think freely and be inspired, creative, and productive. SSU’s quality education also provides opportunities and economic growth that benefit society and its environment.

SSU offers unique programs that reflect the changing demands of business,

different professions, and health care with a better outcome for future generations. Education for Total Consciousness (ETC), established by HH Jagadguru Swami Isa, is implemented in all our programs, which are conducive to good health, environmentally friendly, beautifying, and in harmony with nature.

JAMES COOK SCHOOL of MEDICINE (JCSM) at SOUTH SEAS UNIVERSITY (SSU), is modeled after medical education in the USA.

ABOUT

REGENERATION INTERNATIONAL (RI)

OUR MISSION

To promote, facilitate, and accelerate the global transition to regenerative food, farming and land management for the purpose of restoring climate stability, ending world hunger, and rebuilding deteriorated social, ecological, and economic systems.

OUR VISION

A healthy global ecosystem in which practitioners of regenerative agriculture and land use, in concert with consumers, educators, business leaders, and policymakers, nurture the planet, feed the world, and restore public health, prosperity, and peace on a global scale.

OUR WORK

We work with multiple stakeholders in key regions of the world who are committed to building alternative food and farming systems on a regional or national level. We are currently assisting in the building of numerous Regeneration Alliances, including those in South Africa, India, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Canada, and in the Midwest region of the U.S.A.

Regenerative Organic Certified™ Launched! Now What?

07/07/2023/by Elizabeth Whitlow

Climate-smart agriculture can no longer be considered an afterthought in terms of federal strategies to combat climate change. The science supports the abundant connections between soil health and carbon storage, climate resiliency, and healthy food systems. We need to diminish, if not entirely eliminate, the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers that raise our GHG emissions, harm our biodiversity, contaminate our air and waters, and poison our communities.

We need to make clear, calculated changes to our food and fiber systems to make regenerative organic the new model. If we adopt regenerative organic practices on more farms, we’ll see improvements to soil health, the well-being of animals, farmers, workers, and the climate itself.

Consumers who are not intimately connected to farming — but are interested in making a positive impact with their purchases — need a way to verify that a product is responsible and ethical.

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Monthly Newsletter – Vía Orgánica

07/06/2023/by Vía Orgánica

For organic regenerative agriculture, fair trade,
social justice, sustainable living and sustainable production

Water

The roof of the tent has a sediment trap made of fine mesh and a section of pipe, which allows the waste to go to the bottom and the water to be stored cleaner. It is a good model to reproduce this system in homes or schools.

At one end of the ranch we built three “bordos”, large earth cavities located at the bottom of the hill, which are fed by the rainwater that runs down the hillside and allow us to store millions of liters of water, which is pumped to supply the maintenance needs of the chicken farm, the nursery, the organic fertilizer area, the vermicompost and the vegetable garden.

We emphasize that one of the most important activities of the Via Organica project is rainwater harvesting, which allows the ranch to be perceived as a small green mole, an oasis in the dry season and has allowed us to sustain 80% of production with this collection system.

Packages

This season take advantage of our packages, stay at the ranch, enjoy a delicious meal and learn. Live a unique experience.

Billion Agave Project

Infographics

Seasonal Crop

Recipe of the Month

Gualumbos “Maguey Flower”

Ingredients:
– 1 bunch of gualumbos
– 3 ranch eggs
– 2 tablespoons of flour
– 1 pinch of salt
– Pepper to taste
– Oil for frying
– 2 tablespoons of flour

For the sauce:
– 4 boiled tomatoes
– 1 garlic
– 1 piece of onion
– Salt to taste
– 1 sprig of thyme

Procedure:
1.- Collect the flowers of the maguey pulquero once the quiote has emitted its stem and selects its petals, preventing the pistil (what is inside the flower) from leaving.

2. Put water to boil and add the petals for 5 minutes, drain them.

3.- Once dry, place them in a container, add the two eggs and the two tablespoons of flour, salt and pepper to taste and mix everything.

4.- Take a portion of the mixture and form pancakes, fry them in the oil on both sides.

5.- Blend the tomatoes with the piece of onion and the garlic clove, cook the seasoning sauce; Serve the pancakes on a plate, pour the sauce over them and garnish with the sprig of thyme.

Enjoy the traditional recipe for pulquero maguey flowers this season, to take advantage of an exquisite dish that only produces one cluster of flowers per maguey.

Meet Our Producers

“Predio El Cortijo”

This project located in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, has been dedicated for more than 40 years to soil conservation, rescue and conservation of the Mesquite forest and other native species. Directed by Mrs. Virginia, they produce and distribute mesquite flour, jellies, liquors and mesquite firewood with organic management practices.

Every year, they celebrate a milling festival, opening their doors to the public to recover and spread the importance of mesquite consumption.

Check out their products at the Vía Orgánica store.

Inspirations

International Soil Conservation Da

Soil Conservation Day has been celebrated every July 7 since 1963, in memory of Dr. Hugh Hammond Bennet, an American scientist considered a pioneer in this field, who dedicated himself to researching soil quality and its productive capacity, documenting the benefits of soil conservation for the environment. The commemoration seeks to highlight the benefits of sustainable soil management, which if depleted and lost, puts our food and our lives at risk.

We share with you this video about the Ecosystem Restoration Camp that took place in our Agroecological Ranch.

July Workshops

August Workshops

EVERY FRIDAY WE TAKE YOU TO THE VIA ORGANICA 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!

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Un agricultor regenerativo aragonés que cuida los suelos

06/30/2023/by María García de la Fuente

En la serie mensual que dedicamos a gente del campo que aporta energía nueva, hemos hablado con Jesús Burillo, un agricultor aragonés, miembro de la Asociación de Agricultura Regenerativa. Jesús tiene una finca de 20 hectáreas de regadío con cebada, avena, centeno, guisantes, veza, almortas y otra finca de 200 hectáreas de secano en María de Huerva, un pequeño municipio aragonés de 5.600 habitantes a 14 kilómetros de Zaragoza.

La agricultura siempre ha mirado más a las plantas que a sus raíces, más al verde que a los suelos. Pero la agricultura regenerativa se ha fijado precisamente en las tierras donde cultivamos, con el objetivo de mejorar la salud del suelo, aumentar la biodiversidad y mejorar la disponibilidad y la calidad del agua, que tanta falta hace estos días.

La Asociación de Agricultura Regenerativa nació hace 10 años en España y entre sus objetivos figura la producción de alimentos saludables para las personas y el entorno, asegurar el bienestar de los animales de granja y generar empleo digno y oportunidades en el mundo rural.

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Degenerative Agriculture: Bayer/Monsanto’s and Syngenta’s Toxic Greenwashing Deception

06/29/2023/by Dr. André Leu, D.Sc., BA Com., Grad Dip Ed. International Director, Regeneration International

“Regenerative agriculture and animal husbandry is the next and higher stage of organic food and farming, not only free from toxic pesticides, GMOs, chemical fertilizers, and factory farm production, and therefore good for human health; but also regenerative in terms of the health of the soil.” Ronnie Cummins

Bayer/ Monsanto, Syngenta, and other members of the poison cartel are trying to greenwash their toxic industrial farming systems by hijacking Regenerative Agriculture.

The Opposite of Regenerative is Degenerative

By definition, agricultural systems that use Degenerative practices and inputs that damage the environment, soil, and health and involve animal cruelty, such as synthetic toxic pesticides, synthetic water-soluble fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, confined animal feeding operations, and destructive tillage systems, are not Regenerative.

They must be called out as Degenerative Agriculture.

The poison cartels justify these degenerative systems by saying their ‘precision farming’ techniques are reducing the environmental impact of their pesticides. This is an outright lie. The evidence shows that the amounts, environmental contamination, and negative impacts on human health of toxic, synthetic pesticides have increased.

The introduction of genetically modified crops such as Corn, Cotton, and Soy has resulted in a rapid increase in the use of glyphosate and other toxic herbicides

The above graph shows that the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient of Roundup, rocketed upwards in the late 1990s when Roundup-ready GMO crops were introduced.

The only credible, independent, non-industry funded, peer-reviewed lifetime feeding study of GMOs and Roundup was published by Séralini et al. It found mammary and other tumors, liver and kidney damage resulting from regular exposure to minute amounts of Roundup or a diet containing GMO corn or both – similar to the typical exposure from non-organic foods.

The image above is of a rat with large mammary tumors due to consuming glyphosate at the usual levels found in non-organic foods. The tumors on the right-hand side, starting from the top, result from just eating GMO corn, GMO corn with Roundup, and just Roundup.

All the female rats in the study that were fed GMOs or Roundup or both (Treated Group) developed mammary tumors and died earlier than those fed non-GMO food without Roundup (Control Group), except for one rat who died early of an ovarian tumor.

Treated males had four times the number of tumors that were large enough to be felt by hand than the controls, and these occurred up to six hundred days earlier.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer reviewed numerous scientific studies on glyphosate, giving it the second-highest rating for Cancer – Group 2A. They found sufficient evidence of animal cancers, such as thyroid cancer, and limited evidence of human cancers, most notably non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Dr. Nancy Swanson, myself, and co-authors published a peer-reviewed paper, “Genetically engineered crops, glyphosate and the deterioration of health in the United States of America,” showing how glyphosate and GMOs are linked to over 20 chronic diseases in the U.S. The increase in thyroid cancer was one of them.

There are thousands of studies showing the damaging effects of synthetic pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and GMOs on the environment and human health. These toxic inputs are clearly degenerative and have no place in regenerative agriculture.

The Founders of Regeneration International Started the Global Regeneration Revolution

Leaders of the organic, agroecology, holistic management, environment, and natural health movements started Regeneration International as a genuinely inclusive and representative umbrella organization in 2015. Hardly anyone had heard of regenerative agriculture before then. It is in the news every day worldwide now because of our initial actions.

The founding steering committee included Dr. Vandana Shiva from Navdanya, Ronnie Cummins from the Organic Consumers Association, Dr. Hans Herren from The Millennium Institute, Steve Rye from Mercola, and myself, Dr. André Leu, President of IFOAM-Organics International at that time. It was soon expanded to include relevant leaders from every continent.

We are the largest and most significant regenerative organization on the planet, with 500 partners in over 70 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Australasia, the Pacific, North America, and Europe.

Regeneration International has a mission to promote, facilitate and accelerate the global transition to regenerative food, farming, and land management to regenerate the environment and climate and end world hunger. We must rebuild deteriorated social, ecological, and economic systems.

As the founders of the international regenerative agriculture movement, we will continue to lead, and we will call out attempts to hijack and greenwash for what it is – Degenerative Agriculture by toxic degenerative corporations.

Un Tambo Regenerativo – Manejo Holístico en Argentina

06/13/2023/by Ovis 21

Únete a Rodolfo Zechner y Bettina Mampaey, dos productores tamberos de la provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina, mientras nos sumergimos en su experiencia de implementar el #manejoholistico en su establecimiento, mejorando notablemente los resultados productivos, ambientales y sociales.

Descubran cómo el #manejoholistico redujo sus costos de insumos y momentos de incertidumbre. Este es solo el primer capítulo de la serie documental que presentaremos, donde mostraremos diferentes establecimientos a lo largo y ancho de nuestra amada Argentina.

¡Suscríbete para no perderte ninguna novedad! ¿Quieres saber más sobre Ovis 21 y sus Nodos Regenerativos? Visítanos en https://ovis21.com/.

Únete a nuestra comunidad de Aprendices de la Naturaleza en https://escueladeregeneracion.com/

Organic Regenerative Farming Needed to Reduce Climate Change, not GE

06/12/2023/by Soil & Health Association

New Zealand doesn’t need a loosening of GE regulation to combat climate change, it needs significant investment in organic, regenerative agriculture, says the Soil & Health Association.

Parliament recently passed the Organic Products and Production Act, with cross-party support. This should be a springboard to revolutionise our farming and exports, but making it easier to release GMOs into the environment will jeopardise that.

“By being GE-free, we’re far from ‘missing out.’ Being GE-free gives us a point of difference in the world market,” says Jenny Lux, chair of Soil & Health.

“We already have an advantage in being an island nation in the South Pacific, and need to be really careful about any uncontrolled releases of GMOs into the outdoors. Our products are attractive to overseas buyers because they’re seen as clean, safe, natural and uncontaminated. Once we release GMOs there’s no containing them. We need to continue to safeguard our environment and our brand.”

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Monthly Newsletter – Vía Orgánica

06/02/2023/by Vía Orgánica

For organic regenerative agriculture, fair trade,
social justice, sustainable living and sustainable production

Bees

Photo credit: Joel Caldwell

The bees buzz and buzz all day long, making music over the blooming trees or flowers in the gardens. This wonderful team of bees is part of the ranch’s seasons.

Thanks to them we have been able to maintain the abundant diversity of plant species in this landscape. Several years ago the first boxes were installed to begin this wonderful experience. Currently there are two apiaries on each side of the ranch, which are maintained thanks to the support of Ercilia, Vero, Montse and some volunteers who have joined us intermittently.

The flowering of the ranch ranges from nopales, garambullos, palo dulce, huizaches, gatillos, blackberries and a variety of flowers in the orchard, including medicinal ones. The honey collected in this area is especially exquisite and not only that, it represents the important relationship and recognizes the role of these beautiful insects and the benefits they bring us.

Throughout the year the apiary is managed depending on the season, it is important to feed the bees in winter with their own honey and to have water sources constantly available. In spring, when the flowering begins, the bees are unleashed and visit every flower very early, thanks to the two apiaries the bees cover every area of the ranch and there is not one that they do not visit.