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In 2023, the Régénération Canada team visited Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards as part of the Stories of Regeneration farm tour. The Lightfoots and their team exemplify reciprocity through the organic, biodynamic and regenerative practices they employ, as well as their strong commitment to their community. The reciprocal practices in regenerative agriculture that the Lightfoot's employ on their farm include: 🌱 Soil health and nutrient reciprocity 🌱 Nutrient circularity 🌱 Cultural and social reciprocity 🌱 Promoting biodiversity Check out the article below for details in how they have meaningfully implemented the above tactics on farm. #regenerativeagriculture #regenag #sustainability

While health, environmental, and animal welfare concerns have contributed to an increase in demand for grass-fed over feedlot beef over the past decade, the last reliable data estimated it accounted for 4 percent of the commercial market in 2016—and nearly all of it is imported to the US from other countries. But the US grass-fed beef industry seems to be scaling up in the US. A lot of the companies who are now attempting to shift more beef production toward systems that employ regenerative grazing, eliminate the need for commodity grain as feed, and produce healthier meat, have very different ideas about how to create success in the industry. Read more about changes and growth in the industry in this great piece from Civil Eats. #regenerativeagriculture #regenag #sustainability

The principles of regenerative agriculture are simple: 🌱 Know your context 🌱 Cover the soil 🌱 Minimize soil disturbance 🌱 Increase diversity 🌱 Maintain living roots 🌱 Integrate livestock The principles of regenerative agriculture are informed by the principles of living systems. Principles have the power to transform and open our awareness while examining our relationship with uncertainty. #regenag #sustainability #regenerativeagriculture

Rye can build soil health and resilience in many ways. In addition to helping prevent soil erosion and runoff with its extensive deep root system, it produces biomass, sequesters carbon and is known as a “nitrogen scavenger” — absorbing excess nitrates from any previous harvests. This not only lowers the need for inputs but also prevents nitrogen from leaching into waterways. Generally, it requires minimal to no tillage, with allelopathic properties that suppress weeds. Sound pretty good right? Check out why the rye renaissance is coming!

After reading about Mandan agriculture in his local library, farmer Gabe Brown decided to try planting legumes and grass, cover crops that would thrive synergistically through the residue of his hail-killed crops. He intended to raise feed for his livestock and add organic matter to the soil. Then, not even having money to buy the twine to bale hay, Brown simply let his livestock graze off the cover crops. The livestock got a free meal, and their manure enriched the soil. “That started the act of livestock integration on cropland." Through his efforts to survive and keep his farm, Brown gained crucial insights into how ecosystems function and the importance of livestock to maintaining a healthy soil ecosystem. Surmounting the challenges this presented forced him to create a new, “carbon-friendly” agriculture that was as economical, as creative, and unconventional. #sustainableagriculture #regenag #agriculture

Van Arkel, who farms near Dresden, has finished a five-year, on-farm research project in which he integrated perennial cover crops into a row-cropping system. For Eric Page, a researcher with AAFC’s Harrow Research Station, the notion that Van Arkel has used a perennial cover crop and twin-row wheat and has come close to standard yields in wheat and soybeans means there’s more to be learned about corn. Read the results of the research project below! #covercrops #regenerativeagriculture #regenag

Kernza beer? 🤔 As a perennial, not only does Kernza use less fuel and labor on the farm, but its 12-foot-deep root system retains soil, water and nutrients. It's is higher in oil and lower in starch than traditional brewing grains. Patagonia Provisions has partnered with The Land Institute, a non-for-profit founded in 1976 to promote perennial grain crops and polyculture farming solutions. They've partnered with eleven of America’s best breweries to create and promote beer made from Kernza. Check out more about the partnership below! #regenag #regenerativeagriculture #sustainableagriculture https://lnkd.in/gQRBg49F

To produce the food we eat takes up a lot of space, approximately 37.6% of land across the globe! This means agriculture, if done intentionally, has the potential to play a big role in sequestering carbon by building soil heath. Healthy soil, full of microorganisms, can draw down carbon dioxide, one of the potent gases that causes global warming, into the soil, where it stays, as long as the soil quality and health is maintained. Deep root structures within soil can hold water, making droughts less detrimental, while providing soil structure that protects from violent and fast storms arising from climate change. These healthier soils can also provide consumers with foods that are higher in vitamins and minerals, improving human health. What are some of the examples of regenerative tactics that support healthy soils? Head to the link below. #regenerativeagriculture #regenag #sustainability #soilhealth