Will Regenerative Agriculture Be the Hottest Trend in 2023?

05/07/2023/by Caroline Grindrod

You can try and ignore it all you want, hoping everything will return to normal. Still, it’s impossible to ignore that not only do we now live in volatile, unpredictable, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) times but it is now being said we are in the midst of a so-called ‘polycrisis.’

In the polycrisis the shocks are disparate, but they interact so that the whole is even more overwhelming than the sum of the parts.

In such dark and uncertain times, it is tempting to bury your head and double down on what you know best, but this could be the worst thing to do. VUCA times require resilient mindsets and bold, brave, resilient businesses.

There is one system that has proved to be resilient for millennia – nature. We can learn from nature’s incredible resilience and adopt the principles that have allowed her to thrive through catastrophic events and dramatic climatic changes.

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Agricultura regenerativa: devolver la vida al suelo

04/26/2023/by We Are Water Foundation

“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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Secrets of the Soil Podcast with Regen Ray – The Power of Photosynthesis: Maximizing Plant Health and Soil Regeneration with Andrè Leu

04/26/2023/by Regen Ray

The capture of carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight to make glucose, the essential molecule of life. The other chapters discuss how all other molecules of life, including carbohydrates, proteins, and hormones, are built from glucose, and how maximizing photosynthesis is the key to building healthy cells and regenerating soils. The book also covers the importance of managing cover crops and weeds, as well as balancing minerals to ensure optimal plant growth. The author stresses that dead plants and bare soil do not photosynthesize, and that the more plants put in an area, the better, even if they are regarded as obnoxious weeds, as they provide the most organic matter and molecules of life. The author also discusses how managing water and nutrients is essential in growing healthy plants, and how nutrient deficiencies and excesses can be corrected to ensure optimal plant growth.

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The Rise of Regenerative Agriculture: How Food Companies are Catalyzing Regenerative Farming Practices

04/19/2023/by Christina Kohler

Food companies have started to incorporate regenerative agriculture into their sustainability strategies and supply chains – it’s an important buzzword today for companies, but how are they defining it? And what are they doing to support farmers in the transition? I spoke with Daily Harvest – the plant-based meal delivery service – and Dr. Bronner’s, two companies that are leading their own regenerative agriculture projects, about how they’re derisking this transition for the farmers they source from.

Regenerative agriculture is a defining term for sustainability in our food system – while there is no one true definition of regenerative agriculture, the concept has been around for centuries, taking root in Indigenous growing practices. Regenerative approaches can bolster soil health and watershed health. They can also add to climate mitigation and potentially tie into regulatory or commercial incentives for a more sustainable diet.

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Por consenso, la Cámara de Diputados aprobó reforma que busca fomentar prácticas agronómicas sustentables

04/18/2023/by Cámara de Diputados México

Con el consenso de 422 votos a favor, la Cámara de Diputados aprobó el dictamen que adiciona una fracción VIII al artículo 55 de la Ley de Desarrollo Rural Sustentable, en materia de uso de biofertilizantes, plaguicidas orgánicos y bioestimulación de cultivos.

El documento, remitido al Senado de la República, precisa que los apoyos para el cambio de la estructura productiva tendrán como propósitos, entre otros, el fomentar las prácticas agronómicas sustentables que permitan la bioestimulación de cultivos por medio de nutrientes vegetales y/o sustancias naturales; y se propicie el uso preferente de biofertilizantes y plaguicidas orgánicos que permitan una transición gradual y progresiva hacia sistemas de agricultura regenerativa y ecológica.

La Comisión de Desarrollo y Conservación Rural, Agrícola y Autosuficiencia Alimentaria estimó que mediante el uso de nuevas tecnologías y métodos de cultivo cuyas fórmulas sean siempre amigables con el medio ambiente, se podrá no sólo mejorar la producción y calidad en los alimentos, sino también la rentabilidad en el campo.

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Regenerative, Organic and Agroecology: What’s the difference?

04/17/2023/by Ellen Warrell

Regenerative, organic, agroecological. You might encounter all of these terms in the search for ‘sustainably’ grown food (there’s another!). This word soup is a great sign that lots of farming communities are experimenting to find a better way, but as a consumer, it can be pretty confusing.

Here’s a quick guide to each term, to help you make sense of labels, and separate the green from the greenwash.

What is organic farming?

Organic farming first arose in the 1940s, as a reaction against the industrialisation of agriculture. These days, it’s got a strict legal definition, and to call your produce “organic” you must be certified. In the UK, most organic goods are certified by the Soil Association or OF&G – just look for their stamps on the label.

Above all, organic farming is about nature: protecting it, enhancing it, and working in harmony with rather than fighting against it.

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Regenerative Organic Agriculture Improves Soil & Fights Inequity – See How This Farm Is Pioneering the Practice

04/15/2023/by Mindy Service

An immediate feeling of warmth and enchantment came over me as I made my way through the mulberry and olive trees between the old farmhouse and the cobb wood-fired oven at The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano, California. I took in abundant flora wandering through the Children’s Center. It felt like a secret garden. This was the area where The Ecology Center was first established, a now 14-year-old edible food forest.

The Ecology Center’s mission is to serve the region as both a farm and educational center. They are pioneers in what’s called Regenerative Organic Agriculture (ROA). In short, ROA focuses on the long-term health of the land in lieu of short-term profits. It rejects many of industrial agriculture’s detrimental practices, which have led to a loss of genetic crop diversity, inequitable working conditions, and have contributed to climate change.

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El movimiento ecológico de la UE advierte contra el greenwashing

04/12/2023/by Bio Eco Actual

IFOAM Organics Europe advierte contra el mal uso de declaraciones, etiquetas o iniciativas de comunicación sobre productos alimenticios, que contribuyen al greenwashing y dificultan la transición agroecológica hacia sistemas alimentarios sostenibles. Las afirmaciones y las etiquetas en los paquetes van desde la agricultura regenerativa, local, hasta la ecológica. Sin embargo, no todo lo que reluce es oro, o verde en este caso, y el creciente uso del término “agricultura regenerativa” es un buen ejemplo.

Si bien el razonamiento y el método de cultivo detrás de un reclamo como “regenerativo” pueden tener las mejores intenciones, se usa del mismo modo para propósitos de greenwashing. El movimiento europeo de agricultura y alimentos ecológico acoge con beneplácito la adopción de algunas prácticas regenerativas en la agricultura convencional y espera cooperar con actores regenerativos serios. Sin embargo, IFOAM Organics Europe está preocupado porque el uso del término está tomando formas que socavan el significado, los objetivos y el potencial de la agricultura regenerativa, incluida la agricultura ecológica.

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ASEED Europe Newsletter

04/12/2023/by ASEED

Dear friend, comrade and supporter,

After a long cold winter, spring is finally here and we are very excited about it! We are planing more outside events in the coming months to be able to enjoy the nice weather and do more hands-on farming activities. The preparations for our biggest project of the year, the Food Autonomy Festival #7, have started and we can’t wait!

We continue to focus more on our Fossil Free Agriculture campaign, by trying to dismantle colonial, patriarchal, destructive food systems that destroy life! Enemy nr.1 remains, of course, YARA, Europe’s biggest nitrogen fertilizer company that is greenwashing their dirty practices more than ever.

Enjoy reading our newsletter, and we hope to see you soon at one of our upcoming events!

Love & Rage,
the ASEED team

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Rodale Institute, KWU y Quail Creek Family Farms se asocian para ampliar el acceso a la educación sobre agricultura orgánica regenerativa en el estado de Sunflower

04/10/2023/by Rodale Institute

Rodale Institute, una organización mundial sin fines de lucro dedicada a la investigación y la educación, está uniendo fuerzas con Universidad de Kansas Wesleyan y Quail Creek Family Farms (QCFF) para aumentar la programación educativa en Kansas centrada en modelos de agricultura orgánica regenerativa. Las prioridades de las organizaciones incluyen el desarrollo de un centro acreditado con sede en Kansas Rodale Institute Programa de Capacitación de Agricultores (RIFT), que establece un Rodale Institute Centro Regional de Recursos en Salina, Kansas y exploración de sitios potenciales para una instalación de producción local de la granja a la institución.

“Rodale Institute se compromete a ampliar las oportunidades para la próxima generación de agricultores estadounidenses e invertir en las comunidades agrícolas del país”, dijo Rodale Institute Director ejecutivo Jeff Moyer. “A través de este esfuerzo conjunto, Rodale Institute, Kansas Wesleyan University y Quail Creek Family Farms construirán una cartera de agricultores capacitados en prácticas agrícolas orgánicas regenerativas y establecerán un centro para la educación e innovación agrícola en Kansas”.

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