Agroforestry works with nature and uses trees to grow food.
Regenerative Newsletter - Nov 2020
Agroforestry works with nature and uses trees to grow food and forage.
It’s easy to get depressed dwelling on the doom and gloom COVID narrative. Thankfully, there’s still a lot of good things happening in the world – especially on the regeneration front.
Regeneration International is proud to announce the release of a new “Trails of Regeneration” episode. The video series features uplifting stories of regeneration worldwide, highlighting people and projects dedicated to regenerating our planet’s natural ecosystems while producing healthy food and caring for human well-being.
Our newest episode explores the roots of agroforestry, a form of agriculture that integrates trees and shrubs with food crops or pasture to create a natural, biodiverse landscape to produce a healthy food system.
The rise of industrial agriculture has degraded soils and deforested once biodiverse grasslands and croplands. But the good news is that as the destructive practices of industrial agriculture grow more obvious—degraded soils, biodiversity loss and poisoned waterways—farmers around the world are rediscovering the many benefits of agroforestry and silvopasture.
Watch “Agroforestry Today Part 1: A Brief History of Agroforestry”
Read “Agroforestry Works With Nature, Uses Trees to Grow Food”
How much do you know about who controls the world seed supplies?
Please read this important article by Regeneration International Steering Committee member Vandana Shiva. A reconquest of the global commons, a great seed and biodiversity piracy is underway, not just by corporations—which through mergers are becoming more concentrated and powerful—but also by super rich billionaires whose wealth and power open doors to their every whim. Leading the way is Microsoft mogul, Bill Gates.
Read: One Empire Over Seed - Control Over the World's Seed Banks
The United States needs a Secretary of Agriculture That Supports Organic Regenerative Agriculture!
If we want to build a better food & farming system, we need leaders who will champion policies that support the transition to organic and regenerative practices.
But in a frustrating move, President-elect Joe Biden is preparing to nominate a Secretary of Agriculture who’s in the pockets of the worst food and ag corporations.
Heidi Heitkamp’s voting record reveals a solid allegiance to corporate agribusiness. The former North Dakota senator supported the DARK Act in 2016 to drastically weaken GMO labeling requirements. Her campaigns are largely funded by Big Ag, pro-GMO and pro-pesticide industry players.
Our sister organization, the Organic Consumers Association, has created an action alert to stop Heitkamp and tell Biden to give Americans organic leadership at the USDA.
Please help us by forwarding this petition to anybody you know in the US.
Read “Tell Joe Biden: Reject Heidi Heitkamp for the Next Secretary of Agriculture”
Join OCA on Tues., Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. CST for a Facebook Live on “We Need a Secretary of Agriculture Who Supports Organic Regenerative Agriculture!”
In the news . . . Top 5 articles of the month
An exciting new agave-based farming model has the power to regenerate soil and draw down massive amounts of carbon. While agave is most widely known for producing the popular liquor mezcal, it can also be used to make textiles, compost, biochar and construction materials. With the miraculous properties of the agave plant, we can green the drylands, fight climate change and revitalize small farms! Watch the video here.
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La agrosilvicultura trabaja con la naturaleza y usa los árboles para producir alimentos.
La agrosilvicultura integra árboles y arbustos con cultivos alimentarios para crear un paisaje natural y biodiverso que funciona como un sistema alimentario denso en nutrientes. La agrosilvicultura es esencialmente el arte de leer el paisaje para mejorar la producción de alimentos, afirma Patrick Worms, asesor de política científica del Centro Mundial de Agrosilvicultura en el último episodio de nuestra serie de vídeos “Caminos de Regeneración”.
El auge de la agricultura industrial ha paralizado en muchos sentidos miles de años de evolución agrícola utilizando los árboles. Pero en el lado positivo, a medida que las limitaciones de la agricultura industrial (suelos degradados, pérdida de biodiversidad y vías fluviales contaminadas) se vuelven más obvias, los agricultores de todo el mundo están redescubriendo los muchos beneficios de la agrosilvicultura.
Vea “Agrosilvicultura en la actualidad, parte 1: breve historia de la agrosilvicultura”
Lea: “Caminos de Regeneración: la agrosilvicultura trabaja con la naturaleza y usa los árboles para cultivar alimentos”
El video del mes
Un nuevo y emocionante modelo de cultivo basado en el agave tiene el poder de regenerar el suelo y extraer cantidades masivas de carbono. Si bien el agave es más conocido por producir el popular mezcal, también se puede usar para fabricar textiles, hacer composta, biocarbón y materiales de construcción. Con las propiedades milagrosas de la planta de agave, podemos reverdecer las tierras secas, combatir el cambio climático y revitalizar las pequeñas granjas. Mire el video aquí.
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Últimas noticias… Top 5 artículos del mes
Restaurar la naturaleza: el secreto contra el cambio climático
El manejo holístico ya muestra sus bondades productivas y ambientales
Los científicos urgen recuperar una naturaleza salvaje para mitigar la crisis climática
Cómo reforestar el planeta para mitigar la crisis climática
La edad del suelo influye mucho menos en un ecosistema que los cambios ambientales
Regeneration International is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, dedicated to building a global network of farmers, scientists, businesses, activists, educators, journalists, policymakers and consumers who will promote and put into practice regenerative agriculture and land-use practices that: provide abundant, nutritious food; revitalize local economies; regenerate soil fertility and water-retention capacity; nurture biodiversity; and restore climate stability by reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions while at the same time drawing down excess atmospheric carbon and sequestering it in the soil.
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