Regenerative Agriculture

Soil health expert: “Mimic life and nature’s principles; don’t genetically splice it”

Speakers at the Big Soil Health Event like Ray Archuleta urge farmers to build soil health, diversify crop production, build plant immunity By Ken Roseboro While the United States continues to lose soil, farmers can reverse the trend, build healthy soils, and produce more nutritious foods. This was a key theme of the Big Soil […]

General Mills and Walmart partner to advance regenerative agriculture across 600,000 acres by 2030

General Mills, Walmart, and Sam’s Club announced a collaboration to accelerate adoption of regenerative agriculture practices that will improve soil health, water quality, carbon sequestration, and farmers’ economic resilience across the shared value chain. The aim is to establish regenerative farming on 600,000 acres by 2030—“the acres of land in the key regions where we […]

Fairtrasa launches world’s first 100% Regenerative Organic Certified® bananas

Fairtrasa has partnered with farmers from Ecuador to globally debut Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC) bananas. The certification represents the highest standard of both environmental and social sustainability and represents a crucial step forward in banana cultivation. ROC growers go beyond organic by avoiding all industrial inputs, typically creating their own compost and using smart intercropping […]

Lotus Foods achieves Regenerative Organic Certified® Gold

Lotus Foods Organic White and Brown Basmati Rice is now the 6th product worldwide to meet the rigorous standards for certification as ROC Gold. Lotus Foods’ basmati rice is the first and only ROC Gold rice. ROC® Gold level signifies that 100% of farm operations meet the highest standards for regenerative organic production across the […]

California Department of Food and Agriculture to host first public listening session on defining regenerative agriculture

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, in collaboration with the State Board of Food and Agriculture, will be hosting five public listening sessions to receive comments that will help define “regenerative agriculture” for state policies and programs. The first listening session will be held December 6. As interest in “regenerative agriculture” continues to grow, […]