Regenerative Agriculture

The organic movement welcomes the focus on regenerative principles and practices, as these are at the heart of organic agriculture. Serious regenerative actors are seen as natural allies, sustaining inspiration to continuously improve organic practices and ensure that organic standards, certification, practices and policy are the best guarantee of regenerative approaches and outcomes. The organic movement rededicates itself to communicate with heart about the organic movement’s aspirations and our call-to-action for nature, climate, social justice and healthy food from healthy soils. 

At the same time, the organic movement is alarmed by the widespread, misleading use of “regenerative” in corporate branding and certifications, where highly degenerative practices like use of pesticides and synthetic fertilisers is common. A diffuse, incrementalist concept of regenerative agriculture is also being used to divert attention, resources and policy from truly transformative solutions from the organic, regenerative and agroecology movements.  “Regenerative” is now used so loosely and with such wildly varying definitions, that it cannot provide a solid basis for policy or credible, well-defined consumer claims. Together with the agroecology movement, consumer organisations and serious regenerative actors, we will call out regen greenwashing and counter misleading “regenerative” policy agendas.