Project Drawdown - Regenerative Annual Cropping

Conventional wisdom has long held that the world cannot be fed without chemicals and synthetic fertilizers. Evidence points to a new wisdom: The world cannot be fed unless the soil is fed. Regenerative agriculture enhances and sustains the health of the soil by restoring its carbon content, which in turn improves productivity—just the opposite of conventional agriculture.

Regenerative agricultural practices include:

• no tillage,
• diverse cover crops,
• in-farm fertility (no external nutrients),
• no pesticides or synthetic fertilizers, and
• multiple crop rotations.