What is Regenerative Agriculture?
May 24, 2021
Move over organic, there’s a trendier set of farming and processing practices: regenerative agriculture. Regenerative agriculture is a term used to describe agricultural practices that focus on the health of the ecological system as a whole, not solely on high production yields of crops.
For decades, the modern food and agriculture industry has mostly been operating through monocultures, large farmlands planted with only one crop. The priority has been placed on producing a high yield or harvest without regard to the health of the resources required to produce it. With growing demands for ag businesses big and small to address climate change and think holistically about the ecosystems and communities they serve, many more eco-friendly farming practices such as regenerative agriculture have begun growing in popularity.
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