Regenerative agriculture is a set of principles and practices that stem from a holistic approach to growing plants, and basically come down to the fact that cultivation should not only sustain the natural resources (soil, water, biodiversity) but seek to amend them.
The concept was present for centuries until it was replaced with commercial farming in order to produce large yields. Now, after years of industrial farming and its negative environmental footprint, this “conscious” cultivation is not only desirable but necessary.
“It has been said that ‘sustainability is no longer enough’. This is true. The ability of our planet to provide life for future generations has already been so damaged that remaining at our current level of operations will not be possible. Sustaining the status quo will not end well,” Stefano explained. “Regenerative farming goes further from sustainability, by not only preserving the soil and the environment for future generations in its current condition (not depleting it further), but by regenerating it for a net gain in soil fertility, carbon banking, and biodiversity,” she added.
“It eventually translates to securing long term food production, along with the ability for humans to continue to live in nice conditions on planet Earth. When you think of it this way, it’s a no brainer,” was her concise conclusion.
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