Transcription of REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE - Rodale Institute
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AUTHORED BY:Jeff Moyer, Andrew Smith, PhD, Yichao Rui, PhD, Jennifer Hayden, PhDSEPTEMBER 2020 REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE and the SOIL CARBON SOLUTIONT able of Contents3 Executive Summary5 Introduction9A Potent Corrective11 REGENERATIVE Principles for Soil Health and Carbon Sequestration13 Biodiversity Below Ground17 Biodiversity Above Ground25 Locking Carbon Underground26 The Question of Yields28 Taking Action30 Soil Health for a Livable Future 31 ReferencesACKNOWLEDGMENTSMany thanks to the Paloma Blanca Foundation and Tom and Terry Newmark, owners of Finca Luna Nueva Lodge and REGENERATIVE farm in Costa Rica, for providing funding for this paper. Tom is also the co-founder and chairman of The Carbon Underground. Thank you to Roland Bunch, Francesca Cotrufo, PhD, David Johnson, PhD, Chellie Pingree, and Richard Teague, PhD for providing interviews to help inform the paper. REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE IS AWHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?
degraded soils, addressing food insecurity, and mitigating the impacts of the climate crisis on food production. Regenerative agriculture is also our best hope for a quick drawdown of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Let us learn from regenerative farmers who have been cooperating with nature, who have “solved for pattern” [8].
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