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Diversity Rocks! A large study incorporating data from over 2000 farms spread across 11 countries has made a landmark discovery: almost across the board, diversifying farmland simultaneously delivers environmental and social benefits. This challenges the longstanding idea that on-farm practices to boost biodiversity must come at a cost to yields and food security. The opposite is the case. Co-author Zia Mehrabi from the University of Colorado in Boulder states: “This is evidence that this can actually work — we can imagine agricultural systems that are more diverse and serve people and nature at the same time.” The project involved an international team of 58 researchers who collaborated to bring together their published research on the topic, which amounted to 24 studies that had looked collectively at over 2,655 farms globally. Essentially, wherever farmers are diversifying the way they grow food, they are producing environmental and social benefits, hand-in-hand, growing healthy soils, healthy eco-systems, healthy people and a resilient and robust food system. We Are The ReGeneration! #regeneration #regrowth #reconnection #biodiversity #naturenow #regenerativeagriculture #organic #demeter #decadeofaction