July/August
Jubilee Justice: Black farmers reclaim land and livelihood with regenerative rice project
Konda Mason, social justice entrepreneur and founder of Jubilee Justice, says the project’s name refers to the Biblical “Jubilee Year”—occurring every 50th year—when all leased land returned to the original owners, debts were forgiven, and indentured servants were freed. This “complete socio-economic refresh” connotes repair, reparation, and restoration. That well describes the initiative happening on […]
Read MoreThe magical world of organic Montana
By Kathleen Delate, Professor-Organic Ag, Iowa State University Wheat Love Deep in the caverns of the sassi of Matera, Italy in 2014 was the beginning of our love of all things Triticum. We were introduced to durum wheat, Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, a tetraploid wheat (28 chromosomes), whose grain/flour/pasta has a lower glycemic index than regular wheat, […]
Read MoreOrganic, non-GMO turkey producer earns regenerative certification
Diestel Family Ranch becomes first Certified Regenified™ turkey brand Diestel Family Ranch, a four-generation, family-owned producer of sustainably raised turkeys, offers both certified organic and Non-GMO Project Verified turkey products. Now the Sonora, California turkey producer has gone one step further by adding regenerative certification to its products. Diestel recently became the first turkey producer to […]
Read MoreMinnesota farmer: Building regenerative supply chains can be “exciting and stressful”
John Strohfus takes on the risks of building direct farmer-to-brand regenerative supply chains Maddie Hamann and Adam Hiner, co-founders of organic bread maker PACHA, had a problem. In 2023, they were sourcing organic buckwheat from a farmer in North Dakota for their gluten-free bread products. But they wanted to get their products certified regenerative in […]
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