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The Revolutionary Act of Slowing Down: A Conversation with Vandana Shiva and Shreya Jani
by Press Release
Is the pace of modern life costing us more than we realize? In a rich and thought-provoking exchange, world-renowned environmental activist Dr. Vandana Shiva and peace educator Shreya Jani explore how the relentless pursuit of speed and consumption is fragmenting communities, deepening ecological crises, and eroding everyday joy. Drawing on decades of grassroots work — from India’s Chipko movement to global seed sovereignty campaigns — they remind us that lasting change is quiet, collective, and rooted in care. At the heart of their conversation is a powerful idea: decolonizing joy, reclaiming fulfillment beyond consumer culture through community, biodiversity, and a return to what truly matters. A timely reminder that transformation doesn’t happen overnight, but grows steadily through patience, persistence, and purpose.
Agroecology Meets the Digital World in the Andes
by McKnight Foundation
One of the most important challenges facing the regenerative movement is reaching people who are not already part of the conversation. The Andes Agroecológicos project, led by the Institute for Rural Development in South America and the McKnight Foundation, took a new approach: bringing together 12 social media creators from Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador and connecting them directly with farmers, market vendors, and local food system leaders across all three countries.
The creators traveled through highland farms in Bolivia, markets in Ecuador, and the Mantaro Valley in Peru, sitting with farmers, learning about agrochemical residues in food, and documenting the knowledge and practice of communities already living regenerative principles. Culture change and policy change are both necessary, and this storytelling reaching millions of people through the platforms where they already spend time helps more people learn about regenerative food systems.
Learn MoreRead the McKnight Foundation's full write-up of the project
Regenerative Farms Lost Three Times Less Yield in France’s Droughts. Here’s Why.
by Angela Symons
A study of more than 1,200 farms across France offers some of the most concrete large-scale evidence yet that regenerative agriculture holds up when conditions get hard. Carried out by Soil Capital in partnership with KU Leuven university in Belgium, the research found that highly regenerative farms recorded an eight per cent drop in crop yields during the 2023 droughts, compared to 22 per cent on their least regenerative counterparts. The reason is straightforward: healthy soil rich in organic matter holds water. Research by France's national agricultural research institute found that soils managed regeneratively held between eight and 15 per cent more water than conventionally tilled soils, and produced higher biomass yields for the same volume of water used.
Trees Belong in the Regenerative Agriculture Story
by Hugh Locke
Regenerative agriculture has become one of the defining climate conversations of our time, featured in nearly 100 events at Climate Week NYC in 2025 and the subject of 27 dedicated sessions at COP30, where Brazil launched a global initiative to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded agricultural land. But as the movement grows, one significant gap keeps appearing in its mainstream framing: trees. Hugh Locke, writing for Sustainable Harvest International, makes the case that agroforestry, particularly for the hundreds of millions of smallholder farmers cultivating plots of two hectares or less across the Global South, is not supplementary to regenerative practice but central to it.
Trees provide deep-rooting carbon sequestration, nitrogen fixation, erosion control, biodiversity corridors, and long-term soil structure, some of the most powerful regenerative benefits available to any farming system. Meanwhile, the reforestation and forest restoration sector has been scaling rapidly, with satellite monitoring, carbon markets, and nature-based investment funds operating largely in parallel to the regenerative agriculture movement. Locke's piece asks why these two fields, operating on the same landscapes with the same farmers and the same urgent timeline, have not been formally brought together.
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Grown Without Chemicals: What African Farmers Know That Policymakers Won't Act On
Farmers across Africa have been demonstrating for decades that ecological farming methods, beneficial insects, diverse crops, nature-based pest management, can control pests and maintain yields without synthetic pesticides. A new report from the African Centre for Biodiversity documents this evidence and asks a question that deserves a direct answer: if the alternatives exist and work, why are research institutions, government policy, and regulatory bodies still built around chemical inputs?
The answer is not that the science is unclear or that farmers are resistant to change. It is that the systems surrounding agriculture, funding priorities, regulatory frameworks, and an industry that does not bear the cost of the damage it causes, have been built to maintain the status quo. The ACB report adds to a growing body of evidence that the debate about whether pesticide-free farming can work is settled. What remains is the harder work of shifting the institutions and incentives that keep degenerative practices in place. The full report is worth reading.
Voices of Regeneration
This newsletter reaches more than 750 partner organizations across 80+ countries, each one advancing regenerative food, farming, and land stewardship in their own region, in their own way. This section is dedicated to the people and organizations behind that work. Each issue we’ll feature a farmer, researcher, advocate, or partner doing something worth knowing about.
Sustainable Harvest International: Training Family Farmers to Build a Sustainable Future
Sustainable Harvest International is a nonprofit dedicated to breaking the cycle of deforestation and food insecurity in Central America. With harmful farming practices driving 90% of global deforestation, SHI works directly with family farmers to replace destructive methods with sustainable and regenerative ones — restoring ecosystems, strengthening local food systems, and improving livelihoods from the ground up. Through hands-on, customized training, they empower farming families to become stewards of the land rather than unwitting contributors to its destruction. As one farmer put it, SHI didn’t just change how he farms — it changed how he sees the world.
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Every month, we feature partner profiles, stories, and initiatives right here and across RI’s social media channels. Whether you have an update about your work, a video highlighting a regenerative solution, or a story from your community, we’d love to share it. Send your content to [email protected] — and if your organization is hosting classes, workshops, trainings, or events, we can help amplify those too.
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The Drought Is Here. These Six Forages Aren't Waiting for Rain.
The Southeast just recorded its driest September through March since 1895. Nearly 82% of Florida is in extreme or exceptional drought, and 61% of the contiguous United States is affected right now. For farmers and ranchers with grazing livestock, the question of what to feed their animals has become urgent.
This video from Regenerative Farmers of America is a practical resource. It covers six forages that keep producing when cool-season grasses have shut down — from emergency warm season plantings that go in the ground as soon as temperatures hit 65 degrees, to alfalfa whose roots reach twelve feet down to access moisture nothing else on the farm can touch, to native warm season grasses whose root systems built the fertile soils of the Great Plains over thousands of years. These are not theoretical solutions. They are what resilient farms are already doing. The pasture that gets through a drought was planned well before the drought started.
The Regeneration International Academy in Partnership with the South Seas University, announces the Certificate Course on Agroecological, Regenerative and Organic Agriculture (AROA)
We are excited to announce that another Certificate Course on Agroecological, Regenerative, and Organic Agriculture is starting soon.
Discover how to grow food in ways that restore ecosystems, build healthier soil, and support long-term resilience.
Regeneration International’s certificate course, offered in conjunction with South Seas University and taught by André Leu, blends regenerative agriculture, organic farming, and agroecology into a practical, science-based program that empowers you to design productive, climate-resilient farming systems.
Whether you’re a grower, student, or sustainability advocate, this course provides the tools, global perspective, and credibility to make real impact. Join a worldwide network of practitioners and learn how to shift agriculture from extractive to regenerative, creating healthier farms, communities, and landscapes.
You’ll leave the course with practical strategies you can apply immediately, whether you’re improving an existing farm, launching a new project, or contributing to policy and community initiatives. Grounded in essential regenerative principles, the program strengthens your confidence and skills to advance meaningful change in food and farming systems. More than a training, this certificate connects you to a global movement and equips you with the science-based tools and knowledge you’ve been seeking.
A reduced price is available for anyone with limited income who wants to participate. Please join us!
Seed Is Life: A New Documentary on Farmer Seed Sovereignty
by African Centre for Biodiversity
Farmer-saved seed is the foundation of agricultural biodiversity and food systems worldwide, and it is under threat. The African Centre for Biodiversity's first feature-length documentary, Seed Is Life, tells the story of how corporate capture has eroded farmer seed rights, particularly across South Africa and Zimbabwe, while celebrating the communities that continue to safeguard this vital heritage and fight to reclaim what is theirs. The film's history is told by four women affiliated with ACB, including director Mariam Mayet, and looks honestly at the role of the state and how it could better support smallholder farming systems and agroecological approaches.
At RI, seed sovereignty has always been central to our understanding of what regenerative agriculture means in practice. The ability of farmers to save, share, and improve their own seed is inseparable from the soil health, biodiversity, and food sovereignty that regenerative systems depend on. The full film will be available online later in 2026, in the meantime, the trailer is worth watching, and community screenings can be arranged by getting in touch with ACB directly.
Dr. Bronner’s Has a Plan to Change Capitalism as We Know It
by Jennifer Conrad
Dr. Bronner's has taken a consistent stance against greenwashing. The $250 million natural soap company announced it would no longer pursue B Corp certification, arguing the standard had become a marketing tool that large multinationals could meet without meaningfully cleaning up their supply chains. A Dr. Bronner's executive also wrote critically about the Giving Pledge, questioning why the conversation focuses on how billionaires distribute their wealth rather than why economic systems allow such extreme concentration in the first place. In its place, Dr. Bronner's has launched the Purpose Pledge, a supply chain integrity initiative that emphasizes spreading well-being to everyone involved in creating and consuming a company's products, with 16 companies signed on at launch.
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Amazon Deforestation Declines As Brazil Reduces Forest Loss Nationwide
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon biome fell by 23.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, according to a new report from MapBiomas, a Brazil-based land-use mapping project.
Braiding Knowledge: How Indigenous Expertise and Western Science Are Converging
Researchers are weaving Native practices with western methods to revive ecosystems and reclaim food sovereignty.
The Bats Saving Mexico’s Mezcal Industry | Shared Planet
Bats have long had a bad reputation. Dr. Rodrigo Medellín, one of the world’s top bat experts, is working with mezcal producers in Mexico to prove that bats are essential pollinators of the agave plant. Without them, the entire industry is at risk so they might just be what saves your favorite drink.
‘I Don’t Like Being Stuck in an Office’: The Young People Helping Plant a Ring of Trees Around London
London Tree Ring project aims to create corridors of plant and animal life around the city to strengthen its biodiversity.
Massey University Highlights Regenerative Agriculture and Bioeconomy Innovation at Fieldays
Massey University says its stand at the Fieldays will showcase regenerative science and “circular bioeconomy innovation supporting more sustainable and resilient farming systems”.
Toni Farmer Teaches Food Resilience From the Backyard
The master gardener’s Instagram series, ‘The Plan,’ helps people navigate a food system under stress.
Heatwaves Are Destroying the Sex Lives of Bees – New Research
My new research with colleagues shows that UK populations of solitary bees may be much more sensitive than previously thought to the kinds of extreme weather we are now seeing regularly.
Austin Frerick | Food Barons – Live At Churchtown
Austin Frerick takes the stage at our annual Churchtown Dairy event to explain why today’s food economy looks less like a functioning market that benefits farmers and eaters, and more like a new Gilded Age.
On Menominee Lakes, Wild Rice Is Coming Back. It Isn’t Easy
Wild rice, North America’s only native grain, bears incalculable significance for tribes across the Great Lakes basin. Pollution, development, broken treaties, and climate change have contributed to the superfood’s disappearance from the lakes on which it grows. The Menominee tribe is trying a new technique to bring wild rice back to the waters of northern Wisconsin.
Eco-Literate Children Can Be Stewards of Nature – Here’s How to Boost Environmental Education
Most of my ecology and evolution undergraduates have never held a pair of binoculars or looked at a bug through a magnifying glass. They don’t know how to use a key to identify a plant or insect, let alone why they should bother.
8 Of The Fastest Growing Vegetables For Your Garden (And When To Plant Them)
Most of us know a gifted gardener with a seemingly magical touch. Their talents are obvious before you even see them: every plant on their property is thriving.
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In Person:
07/01 - Groundswell, The Regenerative Agriculture Festival. Hertfordshire, UK
07/17 - Organic Field Day 2026. Rodale Main Campus. PA, USA
07/22 - 3rd National Agroecology Symposium NAS 2026. Nairobi, Kenya
07/22 - The Regenerative Agriculture Festival. Västra Ämtervik, Sweden
07/24 - Regenerative Organic Oats Field Day in Saskatchewan, Canada
07/27 - Plant Science and Sustainable Agriculture. Rome, Italy
07/30 - ICFAE 2026: 20. International Conference on Food and Agricultural Engineering
Online:
06/30 - Webinar – Science Policy Dialogue: Making agroecology practices economically attractive
07/08 - Webinar - 2026 Sustainable Agronomy Conference
07/11 - Webinar: Developing a Regenerative Organic System Plan
07/15 - Webinar – Reboot My Soil Online Course
07/16 - Webinar – TOPP Educator Webinars: Organic Certification for Urban Farms
07/19 - Webinar – The Regeneration Handbook Online Discussion Course
*Click here to view full events calendar and submit your own
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Regeneration International is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, dedicated to building a global network of farmers, scientists, businesses, activists, educators, journalists, policymakers and consumers who will promote and put into practice regenerative agriculture and land-use practices that: provide abundant, nutritious food; revitalize local economies; regenerate soil fertility and water-retention capacity; nurture biodiversity; and restore climate stability by reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions while at the same time drawing down excess atmospheric carbon and sequestering it in the soil.
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