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Grassroots Rising: The Sixth Annual People’s Food Summit Is Coming!
This World Food Day, October 16, join us for a one-of-a-kind 24-hour virtual journey around the globe. The People’s Food Summit brings together farmers, researchers, activists and communities from all over the world to celebrate regenerative organic agriculture and its promise for a healthy future on this planet.
Through cross-continental conversations and research showcases, the People’s Food Summit explores how soil, water, biodiversity and community resilience can be restored, one field, one farm, one network at a time, from the soil up. The program spans climate-resilient grazing in drylands, agroforestry in temperate and tropical zones, urban gardens and vast rangelands, all celebrating the small-scale producers who grow 70% of the world’s food. Created as a grassroots alternative to the UN Food Systems Summit, which has been captured by corporate agribusiness interests, the event puts community-led solutions front and center, from agroecology and permaculture to holistic grazing. Join in to learn, share and regenerate.
Learn more about the People’s Food Summit 2026
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Regeneration International and Renature Kick Off Farmer Training with FAO’s TAPE Assessment
by Ercilia Sahores, Regeneration International
In late July, smallholder farmers from across Guanajuato gathered at Vía Orgánica for two days of hands-on work with TAPE, the FAO’s tool for measuring the health and sustainability of farming systems. It marks the first step in an 18-month collaboration between Renature and Regeneration International to train 200 farmers in agave-based agroforestry through the Billion Agave Project.
The data gathered on these plots, from soil health to biodiversity to women’s empowerment, will become the baseline against which real change is measured in the seasons ahead. This is how transitions begin: not with grand declarations, but with farmers, notebooks, and soil samples.
Read the full story to see where this work is headed
Learn more about the Billion Agave Project
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin on the Inner Work of Regeneration
On the Regenerative Renegades podcast, host Matt Maier sits down with our friend Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, founder of the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, CEO of Tree-Range Farms, and a leading voice for food systems rooted in ecological function, community well-being, and Indigenous wisdom.
Drawing on his journey from Guatemala to Minnesota, Reginaldo argues that regenerative agriculture isn’t a checklist of practices but the natural outcome of a regenerative way of being. Before we can regenerate soil, farms, or the food system, he says, we have to regenerate ourselves.
This is a foundation-laying episode, with a follow-up promised on his vision for feeding and nourishing the world.
Take a listen:
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Kenya’s Agroecology Movement Gains Ground as Counties Adopt Policies
"Five Kenyan counties—Murang’a, Makueni, Nakuru, West Pokot and Kiambu—have adopted agroecology policies, with five more drafting their own. But advocates say policies alone won’t cut it. Speaking at the Third Agroecology Symposium, Pelum Kenya’s Rosinah Mbeya called on county governments to back their frameworks with real budgets and farmer-focused programs, noting that smallholders face mounting pressure from climate change, rising input costs and degrading soils. The State Department for Agriculture pointed to crop diversification as a key resilience strategy, while researchers emphasised that agroecology is as much about economic viability and social equity as it is about the environment. With only a fraction of Kenya’s 7.5 million smallholder farmers currently practicing agroecology through organized networks, the message from stakeholders was clear: it’s time to put research to practice."
Read “Five Counties Roll Out Agroecology Policies to Boost Climate Resilience” by Agatha Ngotho
From Soil to Gut: Why Your Gut Health Depends on the World Around You
by Gut Microbiota for Health by ESNM
"On this World Microbiome Day, we explore the One Health perspective: the idea that human, animal, and environmental health are not separate concerns but expressions of the same interconnected system.
At its heart, One Health is the recognition that the health of humans, animals, and ecosystems is closely linked and interdependent. While we may often think of ourselves as individuals, science now shows we are ‘holobionts’, complex collectives of human cells and trillions of microbes intimately connected to and co-evolving. Bacteria, fungi, viruses, and archaea, are not just passengers. They are active participants in our health, influencing everything from digestion and immunity to mood and metabolism."
Rodale Institute Breaks Ground On Ambitious New Center For Regenerative Organic Innovation
by Andrew Watman
"The Rodale Institute is the heartbeat of organic and regenerative organic agriculture; the Rodale family coined those very terms.
Nearly 80 years since its founding, the nonprofit continues its tradition of working to transform our food system by breaking ground on its Center for Regenerative Organic Innovation on its historic 386-acre campus headquarters in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
The new $24 million educational hub, set to open in Spring of 2028, will become an international mecca for advancing the practical and economic solutions that regenerative organic agriculture presents."
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Voices of Regeneration
This newsletter reaches more than 780 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.
Mandela - Cultivating connections for healthy eating, prosperous farms, and meaningful journeys.
We’re thrilled to welcome one of our newest partners, Mandela, a Panamanian organization whose mission is to "cultivate connections that nourish people and the planet through agroecology." They believe that the countryside has everything it needs to thrive, what’s missing are better connections between farmers and consumers, ancestral practices and modern tools, and care for the land and the livelihoods of those who work it. Their model brings together technical assistance, bioinputs, a digital marketplace, and agrotourism, all designed to share the fruits of the enterprise with those who take the greatest risks: the farmers.
Mandela is proving that rural prosperity and the health of the planet go hand in hand.
Learn more about Mandela here
Stay up to date on their work by following their Facebook page
Are you an RI partner? We want to hear from you.
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.
Not yet part of the network? RI’s partner community spans more than 780 organizations in over 80 countries, united by a shared commitment to regenerative food, farming, and land stewardship. Join us here.
We Welcome Our New Partners
AFRICA
Christian Organization for Sustainable Society (COSS) - South Sudan
Thermofield Industrial - Kenya
AlphaFemaletheFarmer - Zambia
Saena Botany Horticulture Training Institute - South Africa
Innovation intervention for Generational Empowerment - Kenya
ASIA
YWOL Movement - India
Sustainable Agriculture Development Program - Nepal
Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development Foundation - Philippines
YWOL Regenerative Farmers Pvt Ltd. - India
KR Integrated Friendly Farming Corporation - Philippines
OCEANIA
Craig Castree - Australia
EUROPE
CardoVerde Foundation gGmbH - Germany
NORTH AMERICA
Huerta La Buena Vida - USA
New Story Farm - USA
Earthberries Capital Ltd. - Canada/Japan
Elysian Fields Park - USA
LATIN AMERICA
SAMANA - Ecuador
Alticultura - Guatemala
Mandela - Panama
Using Pigeon Peas or Lablab Beans to Overcome the “Hurricane of Hunger” Across Sub-Saharan Africa
by Roland Bunch
"Pigeon peas (Cajanus cajan) and lablab beans (Dolichos lablab or Lablab purpureus), though unheard of in many parts of the world, are among the most widely consumed of all the world’s basic grains. They richly deserve this position because, if properly managed, they fertilize the soil extremely well, can easily be intercropped in the tropics with maize, and provide large amounts of highly nutritious food.
But perhaps most important of all, pigeon peas and lablab beans are the two green manure/cover crops (gm/ccs) that can best overcome the ‘droughts’ that are now destroying people’s food crops every second or third year across close to one half of sub-Saharan Africa, as well as significant parts of Asia and Latin America."
*Roland Bunch will be a speaker for this year’s People’s Food Summit. In this piece, Roland reflects on preparing for this year’s anticipated strong El Niño conditions and discusses the use of green manure cover crops (GMCCs), an area in which he specializes.
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Read also “Using Jack Beans to Overcome the ‘Hurricane of Hunger’ Across Sub-Saharan Africa”
Transforming Farms with Holistic Design: BioDynamic Network
by Living Farms - Podcast
"What does it take to design farms that are not only productive but also resilient, regenerative, and deeply connected to the landscapes they inhabit?
In this episode, we’re joined by Darren Doherty, internationally renowned farm designer, educator, and pioneer in regenerative agriculture. Drawing on decades of experience across diverse climates and farming systems, Darren shares why successful farm design begins with understanding the whole system—not just its individual parts.
From water management and landscape resilience to designing for different scales and environments, this conversation offers valuable insights for farmers, land stewards, designers, and anyone interested in building healthier ecosystems."
Spain’s “Goat-Cows” Return to Fight Wildfires
In Galicia, one of Spain’s most fire-ravaged regions, communities are turning to a centuries-old solution: livestock.
The Cachena, the Iberian peninsula’s smallest cow, nicknamed the “goat-cow” for its ability to eat almost anything and scale rugged mountain terrain, is being reintroduced alongside goats and sheep to graze down the flammable undergrowth that fuels devastating fires. The results are promising: native livestock numbers in the region have climbed from around 1,800 in the late 1990s to more than 30,000 today, helped by government incentives and low-cost breeding programs. Fitted with GPS collars, the animals roam freely across communally managed land, keeping undergrowth in check while healing the soil.
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How Everyone Pays the Cost for Patents on Seeds, and Private Companies Get Rich From Keeping Them Secret
Taxpayers subsidies meant to help farmers raise their crops instead flow to a few powerful companies who control the seeds—and the prices.
How Octopuses Won a Fight Against Factory Farming
An octopus farm proposal sparked global uproar from animal welfare advocates, scientists and ordinary people—including one 9-year-old.
The Clover Variety That’ll Fill Your Yard With Low-Maintenance Pink And White Flowers
When picturing clover, you might imagine a generic green bed of leaves with simple white flowers. However, there is actually a stunning pink and white clover variety that is not only a perennial but also incredibly low-maintenance. This variety is called strawberry clover, also known by its scientific name Trifolium fragiferum.
‘One Health’: How the Microbiomes of Soil, Plants and the Human Gut Are Interconnected (Part II)
This article describes specific interactions. For example, contact with nature from an early age can have a positive influence on microbial diversity in the gut. Growing up in a rural environment, as well as playing in nature-based day-care centres, is beneficial in this regard.
Prehistoric Aurochs Are Back From Extinction and Spreading Across Europe. And They Could Be Heading to the UK Sometime Soon...
In 2022, a film crew working on the Lika Plains near the Adriatic coast of Croatia picked up some remarkable behaviour. A small herd of aurochs had been released into the area a few years earlier, and thermal-imaging video footage showed the bulls responding to the threat of a pack of wolves by forming a semi-circle and facing outwards with their fearsome horns to the front.
‘Kids Are Actually Eating the Food’: State Expands Lunch Program That Pairs Schools With Farms
Tahoe-Truckee Unified is among 500 California school districts that get their food through the state’s Farm to School program, which pairs local farmers, ranchers and other food producers with school districts to provide fresh meals to students.
Traditional Food Program Reduces Heart Failure Hospital Visits in Navajo Nation
A culturally tailored meal program rooted in traditional Diné (Navajo) foods significantly reduced hospitalizations and emergency department visits among heart failure patients in rural Navajo Nation, according to a new randomized clinical trial.
Episode #286 Amy Westervelt: Think Tanks, Greenwashing, + The War On Reality
Amy Westervelt pulls back the curtain on the machinery that has helped powerful industries shape public understanding for more than a century. From early corporate PR to modern think tanks, greenwashing campaigns, captured university research, and strategic legal influence.
After This Berkeley Beekeeper’s Colony Collapsed, She Wrote the Book on What’s Plaguing the Bees
In 2014, when Jennie Durant got permission from her North Berkeley landlord to raise a bee colony in a sideyard, she was hoping to learn more about the insects she was studying in her Ph.D. program at UC Berkeley in environmental science, policy and management.
Wildlife in the Eastern US Are Making a Comeback
Andrew Moore’s new book examines the decline and partial return of animals that once occupied the region in abundance. Before European settlement and large-scale land conversion, eastern habitats supported bison, elk, moose, woodland caribou, cranes, black bears, passenger pigeons, and Carolina parakeets.
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Upcoming Events |
In Person:
08/19 - 2026 Midwest Organic Seed Summit. Minnesota, USA
08/22 - Perennial Farm Ecosystem Conference. Michigan, USA
08/24 - 15th European Conference on Ecological Restoration. Brest, France
08/25 - Celebrating Minnesota’s Farmers: A Love Story. Minnesota, USA
08/27 - Producción agroecológica: cosechar con futuro. Chaco, Argentina
08/31 - Global Conscious Food Systems Summit 2026. Paro, Bhutan
09/02 - Power to the Peatlands 2026 Conference. s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
09/03 - Innovations in pastureland: international research and perspectives. Quebec, Canada
09/07 - Soils for Europe: Healthy Soils for a Sustainable Future. Coimbra, Portugal
09/12 - Sugar Coated Book Launch. New York City, USA
09/15 - Sowing Sovereignty: Growing. California, USA
Online:
09/02 - Webinar – Building Soil Health and Nutrient Efficiency in Regenerative Organic Systems
09/02 - Webinar – Fertilidad, nutrición y vida del suelo
09/08 - Webinar – Beyond Fertilizers: Building Resilient Food Systems in an Era of Global Uncertainty
*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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