Agroforestry is the low hanging fruit of regenerative agriculture. Agroforestry community benefits include economic opportunities, food security, nutrition and climate change resilience.
Biden’s $27 billion bet on forests
The president’s Build Back Better proposal could be a game changer for US forests.
Poor soil health is a national security threat
SOIL should be politically recognised as a ‘strategic asset’, as its ability to produce food underpins peace and civil stability.
Raw Roots Turmeric brings fresh, natural herbs to Columbia
Every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon, Ranjana Hans operates the Raw Roots Turmeric stand at the Columbia Farmers Market. She sells a variety of products from tea to syrup, all made from three herbs that she grows in her backyard.
New organization aims to be “connector” to scale regenerative agriculture
Great Plains Regeneration to focus on helping region’s farmers build soil health, develop markets for regenerative agriculture products, revive rural communities
A Malawian farmer visiting the US wants to know: ‘Why not do more on the climate crisis?’
New documentary The Ants and the Grasshopper follows Anita Chitaya’s journey from her drought-hit village to meet farmers and politicians in the US
Does Syntropic Agriculture Work in all Climates?
Syntropic Agriculture is something which allows humans to use the exact same function in an organised way to achieve the full potential of nature, as in FULL POTENTIAL! What I mean by this is that using this framework of planting and managing, we can actually grow plants faster than they grow in nature.
Land as teacher: understanding Indigenous land-based education
Indigenous land-based education has implications for science, culture, politics, language, environmental stewardship, land rights, reconciliation—and the future of the planet.
The energy to stay: Senegal’s village of women
In northeast Senegal, the Sahara Desert is encroaching and the men are emigrating. But a group of women have pooled their resources and sought out new farming methods to save their villages.
Agroforestry is ‘win win’ for bees and crops, study shows
Planting woody plant species alongside crops could double the number of insect pollinators helping farmers produce food, new research has demonstrated for the first time.