What You Need to Know
Regenerative agriculture practices involve the use of cover crops, crop rotation, and organic amendments to improve soil structure and fertility, increase crop yields, and promote ecosystem services. These practices can reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, improve water retention, and sequester carbon in the soil.
Steps
- 1.
Three Sisters Stew (Native American): Demonstrates companion planting benefits (corn, beans, squash)
- 2.
Sourdough Rye Bread (Nordic): Uses grains grown in biodiverse cover crop systems
- 3.
Masa Nixtamal (Mesoamerican): Traditional corn preparation preserving soil microbiome
The Science
Primary Reaction
Soil carbon sequestration