Regenerative Agriculture

Focus on soil health revitalizes citrus grove decimated by citrus greening disease

Citrus greening (HLB) is a devastating disease that is threatening the citrus industry in the United States. Genetic engineering has been hyped as a solution to the disease. But a Florida citrus grove owner has found that focusing on soil health by planting cover crops revitalized his citrus trees after they had been decimated by […]

California cotton fields: Nathanael Siemens on a 10-acre model toward regeneration

Farmers are adopting regenerative agriculture methods such as no-till, cover crops, and diverse crop rotations to row crops such as corn and soybeans. California farmer Nathanael Siemens is exploring how regenerative practices could apply to cotton systems. Siemens, the son of a third-generation California farmer, was inspired to apply regenerative practices to cotton after taking […]

Nineteen major companies join forces to step up regenerative farming practices and protect biodiversity

“One Planet Business for Biodiversity” (OP2B), a business-led, agriculture-centric coalition, was launched recently at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York Nineteen major agriculture-centric companies, together with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), launched a new initiative to protect and restore biodiversity within their supply chains and product portfolios. This coalition—named “One […]

Soil health: Combatting climate change from the ground up

Midwestern floods and drought in the western and southeastern U.S. are signs of a growing “new normal” in climate impacts—challenging farmers and scientists to come up with a sustainable solution that creates more resilient farms. Creating healthier soil is garnering serious attention; ten states this year have initiated soil management policies including cover crops, diversified […]

Regenerating rural communities with regenerative agriculture

By Jonathan Lundgren, Blue Dasher Farm Recently, I read a book called From the Hidewood (Robert Amerson 1996), about the Hidewood Valley where Blue Dasher Farm operates. It was set in the late 1930s, a time of tremendous change in so many aspects of rural life in South Dakota. Farms in the 1930s and early […]