Dear Regenerator,

You’re invited to join us on Thursday, October 16, for the 5th annual People’s Food Summit - a global, online gathering of farmers, activists, scientists, and community leaders reimagining the future of food.

The People’s Food Summit is a people-led alternative to the UN Food Systems Summit. It amplifies the voices of small-scale farmers, pastoralists, and Indigenous communities who grow most of the world’s food, offering real, ground-up solutions rooted in agroecology, permaculture, holistic grazing, and agroforestry.

We are honored to present conversations with a diverse array of activists, farmers, scientists, policymakers, educators, and community leaders who are reimagining food and farming systems for a healthy, thriving future.

Throughout the day, we’ll share powerful conversations from every continent, highlighting stories, ideas, and practices that are regenerating land, restoring culture, and building food sovereignty.

Thank you for being part of this growing global community grounded in care for the Earth, respect for each other, and a shared belief that regeneration is not only possible. but essential. Together, we are cultivating healthier soils, stronger communities, and a more resilient food future.

Explore the speaker lineup and join us live on Facebook or YouTube, or catch the recordings later on regenerationinternational.org.

In solidarity,
The Regeneration International Team

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*Streaming Schedule*
(Times are subject to change)

Session #1 - Asia Pacific (GMT+12)
Local Time: Tokyo (2pm) — Mumbai (10:30am) — London (6am) — Bogotá (12am) — Chicago (12am)

Session #2 - Europe (GMT+11)
Local Time: London (12pm) — Tokyo (8pm) — Mumbai (4:30pm) — Bogotá (6am) — Chicago (6am)

Session #3 - Africa (GMT+3)
Local Time: Nairobi (5pm) — Tokyo (11pm) — Mumbai (7:30pm) — London (3pm) — Bogotá (9am) — Chicago (9am)

Session #4 - North America (GMT-5)
Local Time: Chicago (2:30pm) — Tokyo (4:30am) — Mumbai (1:00am) — London (8:30pm) — Bogotá (2:30pm)

Session #5 - Latin America (GMT-3)
Local Time: Mexico City (6:30pm) — Tokyo (9:30am) — Mumbai (6am) — London (1:30am) — Bogotá (7:30pm) — Chicago (7:30pm)

Visit www.regenerationinternational.org for more details

ASIA–PACIFIC

IFOAM Organics International’s Role in Developing the Worldwide Organic Sector     
 Karen Mapusua  
 IFOAM Pacific - Fiji / Pacific

Teaching Agroecology to Smallholder Farmers in Vietnam and Cambodia
 Alan Broughton 
 Mekong Organics - Australia

Pasture Cropping With Soilkee Produces Large Increases in Soil Organic Matter to Improve Soil Fertility, Water Capture, and Mitigate Climate Change
 Niels Olsen
 GIPPSLAND Adapt / Soilkee - Australia

Regenerative and Organic: Its Roots and Certification. Growing and Selling with Integrity
 Prof. Dr. André Leu 
 International Director of Regeneration International; Former IFOAM   President; organic tropical fruit farmer - Australia

Procuring Organic Food for Schools and Districts Across Japan 
 Miyoshi Satoko
 IFOAM Asia - Japan

Bringing the Asian Organic Sector Together to Grow Organic Systems Across the Continent 
 Jennifer Chang 
 IFOAM Asia - Asia Regional

Transforming Bhutan Into the World’s First Organic Country 
 Kesang Tshomo  
 Ministry of Agriculture - Bhutan

Transforming Sikkim into India’s First Fully Organic State 
 Dr. Sundar Anbalagan
 SOFDA - India

Networking All of the World’s Organic Farmer Organisations 
 Shamika Mone 
 Organic Farmer & Consultant, INOFO - India

Regenerating Agriculture and Communities at Scale 
 Dr. Vandana Shiva 
 Navdanya International - India

EUROPE

Expanding Organic Food Systems and Organic Districts in Europe and Worldwide 
 Jostein Hertwig
 Global Alliance for Organic Districts, Coordinator of the Organic Food   System Programme; BERAS International - Sweden

Transformative Approaches to Food Ecology, Advocating for Regenerative Systems That Integrate Biodiversity, Climate Resilience, and Equitable Food Production 
 Dr. Nadia El Hage Scialabba
 Food Ecologist - Europe

Discussion of Findings: Regenerative Agriculture Study by EARA 
 Simon Kraeme
 EARA, Researcher on regenerative agriculture and socio-ecological food   systems - Germany 

Naturland, the German Organic Farmers' Organization that Assists the Development of Organic Agriculture in Europe and Asia 
 Marco Schlüter
 Naturland - Germany

The UK Soil Association Campaigns to Improve Food and Farming
 Sarah Compson
 Soil Association, UK

AFRICA

Africa Taking a Lead in Building a Food and Seed Sovereignty Movement 
 Charles Tumuhe 
 Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa - Uganda

Holistic Management, Soil Management and Roles of Leaders in Policy Changes  
 Rolf Shenton
 Grassroots Trust - Zambia

Small Scale Fisher Folks / Fishing Communities, Their Struggles and Their Journey in Food Systems
 Carmen Mannarino 
 Masifundise Development Trust - South Africa

Farmer Led Research Work in Kenya- Led by PELUM Kenya
 Rosinah Mbenya 
 Ecological Organic Agriculture Initiative / African Women Leaders in   Agroecology - Kenya

Farmer Methods of Harnessing Water in Dry Lands Farming and Bringing Back Forgotten Seeds and Foods
 Jackson Kithokilo
 Holistic Grazing & Health Management - Uganda

Agroecological Movement Building in Zimbabwe, and Participatory Action Research
 Farirai (Felicity) Jemwa
 PELUM Zimbabwe

NORTH AMERICA

Giving Thanks and the Honourable Harvest - 'Braiding Sweetgrass' for Young and Young-at-Heart
 Monique Gray Smith 
 Author, Canada

Shaping the Future of Food, Today. A Conversation on Trade, Borders, Food Security and Juicy Research
 Sophia Murphy 
 Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) - USA

Regeneration Must Have a Gender Perspective
 Mercedes López Martínez 
 Vía Orgánica / Sin Maíz No Hay País - Mexico

The Johnson-Su Bioreactor: This Simple Method Makes World’s Best Compost
 Dr. David C. Johnson & Hui-Chun Su Johnson
 Johnson-Su Bioreactor Innovators, USA

Using Number 2 Might Be the Number 1 Way to Fertilize Crops
 Rebecca Nelson
 Professor at Cornell University - USA

The Campaign to Stop Israel Chemicals Limited & Bayer-Monsanto’s White Phosphorus Weapons Production
 Lauren Filla
 Common Dreams - USA
 Seraph Gracynn Kunkel
 STL Missouri  - USA
 Daniel Romano
 St. Louis - USA

Israel Chemicals Limited & Bayer-Monsanto’s White Phosphorus Weapons Threaten Lebanon’s Hopes for Food Sovereignty & Agroecology
 Zeead Yaghi
 Scholar, writer, and editor - Beirut

LATIN AMERICA

The Right to Food: Debunking Corporate Propaganda
 Avelina Landaverde
 El Poder del Consumidor - Mexico

Cultivating Pride in the Andes: Yapuchiris and Pachagramas
 Maria Quispe
 Prosuco - Bolivia

Defending Food Sovereignty from the Roots
 Tania Monserratt Téllez
 Semillas de Vida - Mexico

The Right to Eat: Let Hunger Belong in a Museum
 Marcos Ezequiel Filardi
 Human Rights and Food Sovereignty Lawyer - Argentina

Participatory Research and Community Resistance: Learning to Defend
 Sammia Quisintuña
 Swissaid - Ecuador

Can a Suitcase Full of Seeds Become a Tool of Community Resistance? Stories of Travel and Organizing
 Valeria García-López
 ECOSUR - Colombia/México

When Food Fuels Politics: Public Policies for the Transformation of Food Systems, Experiences from Brazil
 Juliana Tângari
 Comida do Amanhã Institute - Brazil

We would like to thank the McKnight Foundation for once again providing a generous grant to support and amplify the voices of small-scale farmers and food producers to spread the word about agroecology, permaculture, holistic grazing, agroforestry and working towards a more just, healthy, organic and regenerative food system through the People's Food Summit.