Regenerative Agriculture

Cooks Venture offers regenerative alternative to industrial chicken production

Heirloom chicken producer pioneers the use of regenerative agriculture in larger scale poultry production

Soil health trailblazer honored as 2020 World Food Prize Laureate

Leading soil scientist Dr. Rattan Lal was recently announced as the 2020 World Food Prize Laureate for developing and mainstreaming a soil-centric approach to increasing food production that conserves natural resources and mitigates climate change. From his humble beginnings as a refugee growing up on a small subsistence farm in India, Lal’s determination to learn […]

Iowa soil health field day focuses on cover crops, rewarding farmers for capturing carbon, soil health-human health connection

Mitchell Hora was hoping to get 75 people to attend a soil health field day at his family’s farm in Ainsworth, Iowa. His hopes were exceeded as twice as many, 150 people, mostly farmers, showed up on a hot Iowa day in June. Another 1500 watched the event livestreamed on Continuum Ag’s Facebook page. Hora, […]

Most farmers in the Great Plains don’t grow fruits and vegetables. The pandemic is changing that.

Regenerative farmers are growing edible cover crops to feed people

Nebraska farmer wants to leave a legacy of soil health

Many Midwest farms are struggling with low grain prices and the trade war with China, among other challenges. But a small farm in Nebraska offers farmers hope that a focus on soil health can help their farms prosper, while delivering a range of environmental benefits and even a solution to climate change. Scott Gonnerman’s farm […]