Regenerative agriculture has never had more momentum in the US. But what will it take to move away from a model of profit maximization for a small number of powerful players over the short term “ to one that “puts more back into the environment and society than it takes out.”?
The Justice for Black Farmers act, introduced by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), addresses historic and ongoing discrimination against Black farmers in the US….
On the back of a new report into the future of sustainability, Chief Executive Dr Sally Uren reflects on how organisations are harnessing the disruption caused by COVID-19 to put us on a ‘transform’ trajectory
Developed through centuries of a living relationship with the forest, the Muyong system of land-use and land tenure zoning is recognized as a highly advanced and effective forest management and…
The Deccan Development Society (DDS), a network comprising some of India’s poorest and most marginalised women, was awarded the 2019 UNDP Equator Prize as “an outstanding example of a nature-based solution to climate change and sustainable development”, that is building local capacity.
The government of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh, has launched a plan to become the first area with 100% natural farming methods by 2024. Along with the support of the…
The hidden costs of the current food system are estimated to amount to USD12 trillion a year, rising to USD16 trillion by 2050, according to the the first integrated and…
A group of farmers, landowners, and volunteers are working together to regenerate degraded land in Murcia and Andalucia, Spain. The project, run by Camp Altiplano Restoration Camps, is founded on…
A pesticide tax, wildlife ponds at every industrial estate, an end to culling of seals and dredging for scallops, bird boxes at every new home, and replanting hedgerows are just…
On the horizon, a revolution in farming technologies promises to transform the ways in which we produce our food. This shift can dramatically reduce the volume of chemical inputs used…
Leontino Balbo from Brazil, owner of the world’s largest organic sugar cane farm, has boosted yield through new harvesting techniques that reduce soil compression and soil loss and increase biodiversity and…
Kenza is a cereal grain developed over 40 years by researchers at the Land Institute. With deep roots and highly evolved survival traits, its benefits include reducing erosion and helping…
