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Op-Ed | Diving into the Deep End of Regenerative Agriculture

Food Tank

Initially, farmers and corporations alike wade into the shallow end, implementing relatively simple and inexpensive techniques such as cover cropping and minimal tillage to optimize for soil health and carbon sequestration. In the deep end, outcomes are sought to benefit the farmers and stewards of whole landscapes themselves.

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Digging into the House Farm Bill: Part 4

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

From losing seed crops as wildfires rage for weeks, losing entire crops due to erratic freezes, to losing farms as drought dries up available water, farmers’ risks are rising. Currently, CSP only offers SAPs for Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , Improved Resource Conserving Crop Rotations , and Advanced Grazing Management.

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‘The Avocado Debate’: Can organic labelling make a difference?

Sustainable Food Trust

Farmers need to have annual inspections to demonstrate delivery against those standards, ranging from controlled pesticide usage to crop rotations and natural fertiliser usage. For products to be certified as organic, they must meet a series of standards that are set and audited by certification bodies (CBs).

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Food and Farming at the Forefront of Labour’s Missions for Change – September 2024

Sustainable Food Trust

xvi] Regenerative agriculture is key to flood resilience and prevention of the decimation of crop yields. For example, the Sustainable Markets Initiative, convened by His Majesty King Charles, is bringing together food companies, farmers and financial actors to trial new financial mechanisms to support regenerative farming.

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Why we’re in a critical period in the development of regenerative agriculture

Agritecture Blog

Regenerative agriculture can cover a vast array of approaches and systems but it is based around five principles: don’t disturb the soil; keep the soil surface covered; keep living roots in the soil; grow a diverse range of crops; and bring grazing animals back to the land. “If