Digging into the science

Regenerating soil to reverse the climate crisis.

Why farming?

In other words, how does healthy soil restore the climate?

Carbon is the building block of all life, everything that has ever been alive is made of carbon. But because burning fossil fuels pumps too much carbon into the air, it’s become the “bad guy” in the fight against climate change. But atmospheric carbon is really just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Carbon is the essential ingredient for healthy soil. In the never-ending cycle of life and death, soil microorganisms feed on carbon-rich organic matter and in doing so, build fertile topsoil. When this is done on a massive scale, with help from regenerative agriculture principles, soil can store a shit-ton of carbon. That’s why scientists are now recognizing regenerative agriculture as one of the most effective tools we have in the fight against climate change.

Healthy soil is created when farmers implement regenerative practices like cover cropping, rotational grazing, reduced tilling, and compost application.

During photosynthesis, plants absorb bad carbon from the atmosphere and turn it into sugar to grow. Those sugars are pumped to the roots to feed microorganisms.

Microorganisms eat and feed the soil which sustains their growth and carbon is sequestered and stored underground for decades, even centuries!

Farming with nature

Regenerative agriculture practices can be summed up as farming with nature. Practices like compost application, reduced tillage, cover crops and prescribed grazing all mimic processes found in nature. We could nerd out all day on things like microbial necromass and the accrual of heavy fraction and occluded carbon (and we will if you let us!), but for now you can think of it like planting trees. But instead of all that carbon being stored in a tree trunk, the action is happening underground with roots and microbes. There is still debate about exactly how much carbon our soils can draw down, but even conservative estimates (restoring the CO2e released, or the 489 gigatons estimated by Project Drawdown), are big wins for the climate– and that means big wins for all of us!

By implementing regenerative practices, we’re able to redefine our relationship with nature from one that’s extractive to one that gives back to the land and the people. We can boost fertility naturally, restore water cycles, and grow healthier food.

Collective Regeneration

This FAQ style of page from our founder Anthony Myint explain how collective regeneration is the fastest (and totally transformative) approach to changing agriculture.

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Health Impacts of our Food

Embracing regenerative agriculture offers promising prospects for enhancing public health by promoting sustainable farming practices that nourish both the land and people.

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Turning bad carbon

Into good carbon

It’s predicted that up to 15% of current annual global carbon emissions could be captured with a switch to widely available and inexpensive regenerative farming practices.