Roots of Change’s work is centered around transforming the food system to make it healthier, more sustainable, climate-smart and fair; regenerative agriculture represents a pivotal part of this transformation.
Please find here an overview of current and recent ROC projects that promote regenerative agriculture, a list of regenerative meat related podcasts, other regenerative agriculture/farming/ranching resources, and a regenerative meat portal and purchasing guide:
- Roots of Change Meat Pavilion at Terra Madre Americas
- Growing GRASS (currently on hold due to USA funding freeze)
- Transformation of California’s Meat Supply Chain
- Healthy Soils Promotion
While regenerative is an emerging term that is still developing, the basic concept is that rather than degrading soil, water, and ecosystems and exploiting labor due to the impacts of toxic chemicals and other practices, regenerative agriculture/farming aims to enhance the productive capacity of the land, its people and the biological communities linked to that land. Soil-building is the primary activity. Regenerative farming would typically mean no till, spreading of compost and/or planting of cover crops, use of livestock in ways that mimic nature, elimination or large reductions in chemical use, a focus on crop diversity and rotations. There is now an effort in the private sector to establish certifications for this approach, see the Regenerative Organic Alliance, Land to Market EOV, A Greener World, and Audubon. We expect the use of the term and the production approach to grow rapidly in the years ahead.