Regenerative Management

For decades, the dominant approach in agriculture and business has been "sustainability"—the goal of not making things worse. Regenerative Management offers a more powerful and optimistic vision: to actively make things better. It is a holistic framework for managing land, resources, and even organizations in a way that restores and improves the health of the entire system. Instead of just sustaining, we aim to regenerate.

In agriculture, this means focusing on practices that build soil health, increase biodiversity, and enhance the water cycle, leading to more resilient and productive farms. In business, it means creating models that enrich employees, communities, and the environment, rather than extracting from them. This page will explore the core principles of regenerative management, showcase examples of it in action, and discuss how we can all begin to shift from a mindset of extraction to one of regeneration.

Important Links to Consider:

• Rodale Institute: A pioneer of the organic movement and a leader in research on regenerative organic agriculture. https://rodaleinstitute.org

• The Savory Institute: An organization promoting Holistic Management, a framework for regenerating grasslands and livelihoods worldwide. https://savory.global

• Regeneration.org: A comprehensive resource that details a vast array of solutions for reversing climate change through regeneration. https://regeneration.org