Regenerative agriculture is a philosophy, a methodology, and a scientific approach to land management. Its guidelines and teachings ask us, “How can we work in collaboration with the land?” instead of, “What can we get from the land?”. Also referred to as restorative farming, when implemented over time, regenerative agriculture allows farmers, gardeners, ranchers, and growers alike to find non-linear pathways instead of linear supply chains; to receive abundance in community and diversity, not solely on surplus in strategy and quotas.
These land management practices we’ll discuss below are not new. While many western populations are just now scraping the surface of its wisdom and science, Indigenous communities around the globe have been exchanging with nature in a restorative, reciprocal manner for centuries. Often the science and techniques that western communities employ today are actually culturally embedded ways to understand the land.
We can think of the corn, bean, and lime juice combination. Indigenous peoples learned this food mixture digested well over time and thus paired them together in meals. Now western science has confirmed what they already knew in labs – their acids and compounds form a complete bite.
More than anything, regenerative agriculture asks us to trust a planet that is much older than homo sapiens have been alive. Are you ready to learn with us?