2025

Need for collaboration, consumer education common themes at Regenerative Agriculture Summit

Summit focuses on opportunities and challenges of scaling regenerative agriculture Cross-industry collaboration and the need to educate consumers about the benefits of regenerative agriculture were common themes at the third annual Regenerative Agriculture Summit, held at the end of March in Chicago. About 450 regenerative leaders from across the food and agriculture supply chain attended […]

From fighting on battlefields to stewarding farm fields

Ex-Marines find renewed purpose in regenerative and organic agriculture Ryan Erisman and Casey McCausland share common bonds. They both served as Marines, Ryan in Iraq and Casey in Afghanistan, in the mid-2000s. Since leaving the Marines, they both chose the path of regenerative farming, finding purpose in building soil health, eliminating the use of pesticides, […]

Regeneratively farmed is the new buzz label on supermarket shelves—but what does it actually mean?

By Jessica Chapman and Brian Reid Have you noticed “regenerative” popping up on food labels or in marketing ads? It sounds promising – farming that heals the soil and helps stop climate change. So, what does it actually mean? Will this label make any real difference? The catch is there’s still no agreed-upon definition for regenerative agriculture. So how […]

Addictive ultraprocessed food is the new tobacco

Food companies under increasing fire for addictive ultraprocessed foods that have been linked to many health problems The controversy over ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) is intensifying as consumer awareness of the health risks of such foods grows, and large food companies face blowback over their UPFs on multiple fronts. Incoming Secretary of Health and Human Services […]

Bionutrient Food Association aims to increase nutrient density of foods

Dan Kittredge, executive director of the Bionutrient Food Association, grew up on his family’s organic farm in Massachusetts. His parents led the Northeast Organic Farmers Association of Massachusetts for more than 30 years. His mother, Julie Rawson, was the founding executive director of NOFA-Massachusetts and his father, Jack Kittredge, was editor of Natural Farmer news […]