Regenerative Agriculture

Perennial crops can counteract biodiversity loss, research suggests

Dwindling biodiversity is a crisis facing humanity, threatening food supply and ecosystems. Perennial agriculture addresses the crisis, boosting on-farm habitat for many pollinators, while growing rich ecosystems for microbial and fungal networks. It also benefits off-farm diversity, reducing the negative impacts of annual cropping: chemically dependent monocropping, polluted water and air, soil depletion, and destroyed […]

Global collaboration on high-yielding perennial rice heralds new possibilities for grain production

Interest in developing and testing perennial grain crops has grown exponentially over the last decade. Recently, a new report in Nature Sustainability introduced a high-yielding perennial rice with impressive environmental and economic potential. Conceived by researchers in China’s Yunnan Province in 1999, the project has been aided by expertise and funding from nonprofit The Land Institute […]

New sensor may be groundbreaking tool to measure soil health

“This is the equivalent of having a wearable health sensor on your body that tells you in real-time what’s happening. Think of it as a wearable for the soil,” said Dr. Shalini Prasad, department head of bioengineering and the Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science. […]

Regenerative organic certification reaffirms Lundberg Family Farms’ four generation mission to “leave the land better than we found it”

Company sets goal to certify all organic rice grown on its farms as regenerative organic by 2027 Lundberg Family Farms, a leading grower of organic rice and maker of packaged rice and rice snacks, recently announced it is the first U.S.-grown rice brand to earn Regenerative Organic Certification. As part of its robust sustainability efforts, […]

Organic versus regenerative agriculture: a complicated relationship

Organic and regenerative agriculture aren’t the same, but advances in organic may pave the way for broader adoption of regenerative practices. By Dale Buss Organic agriculture is both a complement and a complication to the push for regenerative agriculture. Its success demonstrates that financial rewards can encourage more sustainable practices on the farm, but the […]