Hi,

Last Earth Day, over 8.5 million people joined us for our Earth Day Live livestream and over 100 million people took action for the planet with volunteerism, civic action, teach-ins and more. This year, we’ll reach millions more worldwide — and we want you to be part of it.

Regenerative Agriculture is a core pillar of Earth Day 2021’s Restore Our Earth theme. Read more about the campaign and tune in to the broadcast on April 22nd at noon Eastern (GMT -4).

Our current industrialized food system and farming practices are unsustainable.

Today’s agricultural practices are responsible for an estimated one quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. Experts predict that we have less than 60 years of healthy harvests left and business-as-usual agriculture and loss of soil nutrients are the culprits.

We need to learn and apply the techniques of regenerative agriculture to transform our agricultural sector and help farmers protect the health of their lands. Regenerative agriculture is a holistic land management practice that encourages healthy soils and sustainable land management while reducing emissions and environmental damage caused by current farming practices.

On Earth Day, we’re talking to a wide range of experts and influencers in the natural solutions movement, discussing everything from biodiversity to food waste and upcycling to carbon sequestration and plant-based diets. Our experts include:

• Dr. Sweta Chakraborty, Risk and Behavioral Scientist 
• Dr. Jonathan Foley, Executive Director, Project Drawdown
• Dr. Michael Greger, Founder of NutritionFacts‍.org, Plant-based physician, Author
• Andrea Illy, Chairman, illycafe
• Justin Kamine, Co-Founder and Partner, KDC.Earth  
• Caue Suplicy, Founder and Chairman, Barnana
• Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification 
• Anne Veneman, Former Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture
• Elizabeth Whitlow, Executive Director, Regenerative Organic Certified 
• A special TED Talk

To combat climate change, we need to look to nature for solutions to transform how we interact with our environment and natural resources. Through techniques such as regenerative agriculture, planting trees, addressing food waste and adopting plant-based diets, we can attack climate change on the individual and societal levels.

What can you do? Educate yourself, your friends and your family, and invite them to Earth Day and the movement. Read about our Regenerative Agriculture campaign and test your knowledge with our quiz, check out our Foodprints for the Future campaign which addresses the impact animal agriculture has on ourselves and the planet and get involved in our work year-round by becoming a member today.

For sustainability,

Jillian Semaan
Food and Environment Director