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Did you know that Organic food is now a $56 billion market in the United States, but it only represents 6% of all U.S. food sales?
Did you know that Organic food is now a $56 billion market in the United States, but it only represents 6% of all U.S. food sales?


The Regenerative-Organic food sector is growing ... Be healthy, be sustainable, go green and regenerative.
The Regenerative-Organic food sector is growing ... Be healthy, be sustainable, go green and support regenerative ag.





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Look down at the dirt -- it's much more than 'dirt'


2023


Did you know that Organic food is now a $56 billion market in the United States, but it only represents 6% of all U.S. food sales?

The Regenerative-Organic food sector is growing ... Be healthy, be sustainable, go green and support regenerative ag.


2022


Toward a Living, Thriving Earth

Time to Move from Agrochemical, Petrochemical Regimes to New Alternative Agriculture

Sustainable Methods of Ag and 'Smart Farming', Small/Medium and Large Agriculture Are Calling to Us


From the Living Earth Foundation: Widespread use of toxic agrochemicals has been steadily destroying the microbial cultures that keep airborne carbons in check. It is estimated that if JUST 20% of farmlands switched to regenerative agriculture, it would be enough for the cleansing microbes to sequester airborne carbons back into the soil to reach sustainable levels! Rather than costing $Trillionss in carbon taxes, these new regenerative systems will create new jobs and boost economies by improving the quality and affordability of our foods, while simultaneously helping to restore climatic balance.

Addressing the root cause of global warming thus resides in our ability to live and do business in alliance with nature...


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Planet Citizen Action

Planet Citizen Vision of Living Earth


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* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Living_Earth.png


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Regenerative Agriculture

Re-Thinking, Re-Designing, Re-Working Agriculture
For a Living, Resilient, Sustainable Planet


Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists


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The Soil Is a Key to Prosperity and Food, and Health... The Ground Is Alive with Life, a Miracle of Fertility. Now It's Up to Us to Keep the Earth Alive and Thriving

 


Watch the 'Kiss the Ground' Movie: It's Not the Marvel Universe (but it's Marvelous)


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Kiss The Ground, the Book

Restoring the Soil
Accelerating regenerative agriculture


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Regenerative Ag Meets Regenerative Watersheds and River Basins

Local, Regional and Global 'Green Best Practices'


Regeneration Globally

1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People


Regenerative Agriculture in Europe, by Richard Perkins


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Bioneers - #RegenerativeAgriculture is a key solution to mitigating #ClimateChange


Regenerative Agriculture: Nourishing the Soil, Healing the Planet

Bioneers Food and Farming: Restoring Ecosystems Video

Regenerative agricultural practices draw down atmospheric carbon and sequester it in the soil where it boosts fertility and nurtures biodiversity, making this approach to agriculture a key solution to mitigating climate change.

Featuring: Donika Markegard, Markegard Family Grass Fed; Elizabeth and Paul Kaiser, Singing Frog Farms; Tim LaSalle, Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems - CSU, Chico.

Explore the Bioneers Regenerative Agriculture Media Series at http://bioneers.org/regen-ag


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'Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Solution': Vision Ag for Climate Action

Via Rodale / Common Dreams


In contrast to industrial practices dependent upon monocultures, extensive tillage, pesticides, and synthetic fertilizers, a regenerative approach uses, at minimum, seven practices which aim to boost biodiversity both above and underground and make possible carbon sequestration in soil.

Diversifying crop rotations
Planting cover crops, green manures, and perennials
Retaining crop residues
Using natural sources of fertilizer, such as compost
Employing highly managed grazing and/or integrating crops and livestock
Reducing tillage frequency and depth
Eliminating synthetic chemicals


Pesticides


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* https://www.pan-europe.info/sites/pan-europe.info/files/public/resources/reports/PesticideAtlas2022_Web_20221010.pdf


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Regeneration International and Kiss the Ground team up to create a video series they call โ€œTrails of Regenerationโ€


Farm du Bec Hellouin in Normandy, France


By what yardstick do farmers Charles and Perrine Hervรฉ-Gruyer measure the success of their farm business? For starters: yield.

Using regenerative practices, the husband-and-wife team says they can grow as much food on one-tenth of a hectare (one hectare equals about 2.3 acres) of land as neighboring farms grow on only one hectare of land! How? The organic farm, based on the principles of permaculture, uses mound cultivation, agroforestry, associated crops, animal traction, fragmented ramal wood, effective microorganisms, terra preta and more.


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The importance of a regenerative food system

To grow food, we need soil. Even with modern technology enabling systems like hydroponics to grow crops, humanity needs soil to produce enough food for the global population. Unfortunately, many modern farming techniques have destroyed soil or depleted it.


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Soil Health: Regenerative Ag Video Education Series

โ€ข https://revitalization.org/article/series-of-free-online-videos-teaches-regenerative-agriculture-practitioners-the-science-of-rebuilding-soil-health/


Soil Health Institute (SHI): โ€œSoil health is the powerhouse of sustainability and the foundation of regenerative agriculture. Healthy soil improves resiliency to flood and drought, filters our water, and is an important key to improving carbon storage. Weโ€™re eager to share information with everyone who has an interest in soil health.โ€


The video series includes: Shannon Cappellazzi of SHI on โ€œSoil Health Diagnosed as Youโ€™ve Never Heard Beforeโ€;

Alex Fiock of SHP on โ€œFocusing on Soil Health from the Ground Upโ€;

Barry Fisher of the NRCS Soil Health Division and Betsy Bower of Ceres Solutions Cooperative present โ€œPartnering to Enhance Soil Healthโ€; and

Jane Hardisty, former NRCS Indiana State Conservationist on โ€œYou Are Changing the World!โ€.


โ€œPeople say that clean water is the key to life on the planet, but the very same thing can be said about healthy soil โ€“ it is literally the foundation to productive agriculture, balanced wildlife habitats, and an overall healthy environment for all. These PED Talks are not only useful for our nationโ€™s agricultural producers, but for our educators, policy makers and the general public. We all benefit from good soil health!โ€


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Patagonia says Regenerative Organic Agriculture is a vital solution to deal with global warming

โ€ข https://www.businessinsider.com/patagonia-global-warming-solutions-2019-4


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Regenerative Green Best Practices

โ€ข https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/what-regenerative-agriculture


Degenerative v. Regenerative

Read the complete Bioneers interview with John Chester

โ€ข https://bioneers.org/farmingfilming-and-biodiversityan-interview-with-john-chester/

โ€ข https://www.biggestlittlefarmmovie.com/

ARTY MANGAN: How can the system be changed from rewarding those who use degenerative practices โ€“ spraying chemicals, creating pollution, destroying biodiversity, etc. โ€“ to economically encourage regenerative agriculture?

JOHN CHESTER: We have underestimated the force of nature, which is conscious and more powerful than the political framework. Itโ€™s far more powerful than the economic framework. When thatโ€™s aligned and itโ€™s supporting farms that grow things in a regenerative way, expect massive change. I think that weโ€™re seeing incredible support from consumers who know about soil. There is a growing tide of awareness and education and those consumers are the people that will make the difference, beyond the politics, beyond the chemical companies that weโ€™ve become dependent upon because of our complacency and detachment over a prioritization of innovating alongside of nature, which has been lost for 75 to 260 years.

Weโ€™re in a much better time now because there is a consumer base that wants this, that understands the value of nutrient density. Thereโ€™s another consumer base that understands the value of restorative eco-agricultural practices. Ten years ago, people werenโ€™t even saying the word regenerative...


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Regeneration: The Book

by Paul Hawken

Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation | Published: September 2021



Regeneration: The Project


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Designing for a Regenerative Future

Regenerative Agriculture
Via Bioneers | Bioneers


What if how we farm could not only slow down climate change, but actually help reverse it?

Modern, โ€œindustrialโ€ agriculture has radically boosted food production to feed billions, but its monocropping, fertilizer and pesticide use, and total dependence on fossil fuel, have come at an enormous cost to people and the planet, destroying whole ecosystems and radically degrading soil vitality. The way our food is produced, stored, transported, and processed is totally unsustainable, and in our current climate crisis, its carbon footprint simply canโ€™t be ignored. 

Agricultural production currently accounts for 11% of global greenhouse gas releases, and in 24 countries itโ€™s the top source of emissions. And, ironically, food production is one of the economic activities most heavily threatened by climate change. The very problem it is helping create could be its downfall.


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Soil is the Word


Protect the Soil (or Else)


Microbiomes at Risk | Soil Loss | Alternative Agriculture


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Ecowatch: Think Regenerative


โ€ข http://ecowatch.com/2015/01/06/regenerative-organic-agriculture/

โ€ข http://ecowatch.com/2015/01/13/regenerative-organic-agriculture-2/


Weโ€™ve severely disrupted the balance in the โ€œcarbon triadโ€ by clearing rainforests, degrading farmland, denuding pasturelands, and burning coal and oil. The carbon triad? Yes; think of the three main carbon sinks: the atmosphere, the oceans and the humus-sphere. While Iโ€™m sure youโ€™re familiar with the first two, you might not know about the latter carbon sink. Humus is the organic component of soil. (Gardeners create it as compost.) The humus-sphere is made up of the stable, long-lasting remnants of decaying organic material, essential to the Earthโ€™s soil fertility and our ability to grow nutrient-rich crops.


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Read the Soil Story Script

โ€ข http://thesoilstory.com/


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Carbon Storage, Soil-Based / 2017


โ€œItโ€™s immensely beneficial for agriculture to increase carbon in the soil.โ€

Thatโ€™s Kate Scow of the University of California-Davis.

Adding organic matter such as decaying plant and animal material increases soil carbon. Scow says that improves crop yields, reduces erosion, improves water efficiency, and supports beneficial microorganisms.

Itโ€™s also a great way to slow climate change, because it helps plants store more carbon in the ground. But many modern farming practices can deplete soil carbon.

Scow: โ€œA lot of people are making observations about it, like how it was when their grandfather farmed and how it is now.โ€

To improve soil health and reduce global warming pollution, California is investing seven and a half million dollars in the Healthy Soils program. It will promote farming methods that retain soil carbon, for example reducing tilling, growing cover crops and applying compost...


Practice Regenerative Agriculture at Home


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Permaculture Green Practices

Climate Smart Agriculture


โ€ข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Permaculture_Green_Practices

โ€ข https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Smart_Agriculture


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