How Regenerative Food and Farming Can Reverse Rural Poverty and Forced Migration in the Americas
By Ronnie Cummins, Common Dreams
At the recent regional Summit on Migrants and Returnees in Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala, October 20-21, a new and promising solution to the global “immigration crisis” emerged: the creation of local, grassroots-powered economic development projects based on regenerative food, farming and land-use practices. Regenerative food and farming is the new gold standard for climate and environmentally friendly agriculture and land use across the world.
Regenerative Agriculture: The Next Stage of Organic Food and Farming—and Civilization
By Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers Association
Regenerative agriculture and land use encompass the traditional and indigenous best practices of organic farming, animal husbandry and environmental conservation. Regeneration puts a central focus on improving soil health and fertility (recarbonizing the soil), increasing biodiversity, and qualitatively enhancing forest health, animal welfare, food nutrition and rural (especially small farmer) prosperity.
Message from Paris: We can reverse global warming
By Ronnie Cummins, Common Dreams
Agriculture, and agricultural soils in particular, can play a crucial role in reversing global warming and increasing global food security.
Climate catastrophe: Surviving the 21st century
By Ronnie Cummins, Will Allen, Common Dreams
A cultural and political revolution will empower us to to carry out a deep and profound retrofitting of industry, government, education, health care, housing, neighborhoods, transportation, food and farming systems, as well as our diets and lifestyles.