How Regenerative Agriculture can Save Your Health (Now)

Do you want to be healthy?

Regenerative agriculture is the key to getting the best quality food for your health. It produces foods that are more nutritious and delicious than anything you’ve ever tasted before.

Imagine being able to get all of your nutrients from one place – your dinner plate. With regenerative agriculture, that’s a reality. You can finally get all of the benefits of eating healthy without having to worry about where your food comes from.

This post will explore how regenerative agriculture can lead to a healthier diet!

What is regenerative agriculture, and how can it help improve your health and the environment?

Regenerative agriculture is a type of farming that focuses on rebuilding soil health. This is done by using techniques like cover crops, no-tillage, and composting. The goal of regenerative agriculture is to create a closed-loop system where the food waste from one part of a farm can be used as fertilizer for another part of a farm.

This creates a cycle of regeneration that leads to healthier soils and tastier food.

Allan Savory pioneered regenerative agriculture

Regenerative agriculture was pioneered by Allan Savory. He’s a scientist and rancher who has dedicated his life to finding a way to reverse desertification.

Deserts were created by humans overgrazing the land and then moving on to new areas. Savory’s work has shown that by using grazing animals in the right way, we can heal the land. His work is based on the fact that all animals, including humans, evolved in grasslands. For millennia, we were a part of the ecosystem, not apart from it.

The reason that this matters is because, for grasslands to thrive, they need grazing animals. The animals eat the grass, fertilize the soil with their waste, and trample down dead grasses. This creates a perfect environment for new grasses to grow.

The problems with modern agriculture

Modern agriculture has led to many problems. The biggest problem is soil degradation. Soil is being lost 10 times faster than it can be replenished. This is due to things like deforestation, overgrazing, and soil erosion.

In addition, modern agriculture relies heavily on monocropping or the planting of a single crop in an area. This can lead to soil depletion and makes the land more vulnerable to pests and diseases.

Another problem with modern agriculture is that it’s very resource intensive. It takes a lot of energy to grow food using traditional methods of farming of burning fossil fuels and often using chemicals, which are harmful to the environment and our health.

How does regenerative agriculture work, and what are some of its benefits for human health and the environment?

The Main Pillar of Regenerative Farming 

This type of agriculture works with nature to rebuild the soil and repair the ecosystem and return the land to its natural state; regenerating soil with abundant nutrients and water, and food production using crop rotation or cover cropping practices which help build up organic matter in the ground.

It is based on four key principles:

1. Leaving fields fallow and minimizing tillage which disturbs and depletes the soil
2. Maximizing soil cover to keep the soil healthy and planting cover crops that protect and enrich the soil
3. Using compost to restore nutrients to the soil
4. Using grazing animals to fertilize the land, so integrating livestock enriches the soil

Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture for Human Health

Regenerative farming is not only good for the environment; it is also good for farmers and good for the people who eat their food.

Being that the soil is richer, the foods produced using regenerative agriculture are healthier and more delicious as a result of regenerative agricultural techniques.

In addition, regenerative agriculture can help to reduce the number of harmful chemicals in our food. This is because it uses fewer chemicals, and the chemicals that are used are natural and biodegradable.

Now that the soil is healthier, plants and the animals that feed off of the farms absorb greater quantities of nutrients.

What nutrients do we gain from regenerative agriculture?

Some of the nutrients that we gain from regenerative agriculture are:

• Vitamins: Regenerative agriculture can help increase the vitamin content in foods. This is because plants grown in healthy soils are better able to absorb vitamins from the soil.
• Minerals: Soils that are managed using regenerative agriculture techniques tend to be higher in minerals such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium.
• Antioxidants: These are important for fighting inflammation and reducing the risk of chronic diseases such as cancer.
• Fiber: This helps to keep us regular and can also reduce our risk of heart disease and other chronic diseases.
• Water: Foods grown using regenerative agriculture methods tend to be higher in water content. This is because the plants are better able to absorb water from the soil.

Animals that feed off this land thrive as well

Ideally, there would be huge herds of grazing animals moving about the countryside in a natural ecosystem. This is because rather than being kept on feedlots and fed grain-based diets, which are low in nutrients, the animals are permitted to graze on nutrient-dense grasses and other vegetation.

In addition, the animals produce manure, which is then used to fertilize the land, further increasing the nutrient content of the soil.

Our animal food resources are also much healthier as a result of this, so that is why I personally look for sources of animal products that are regeneratively raised.

If you’re looking to improve your health, one area you may want to focus on is your diet. More specifically, where you get your food from. I stick to a Ketovore diet that has improved my health immensely, and I try to source the best foods to maximize their effects.

Mental Health

Working with nature can be therapeutic and help us to connect with the world around us, which can in turn improve our mental health.

Anxiety about the environment is rampant these days, so let’s lighten the load! Not only does supporting regenerative agriculture and recycling help save our planet – it also boosts your mood and creates a more positive outlook.

Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture for the Environment

In addition to being good for human health, regenerative agriculture is also good for the environment. Some of the environmental benefits of regenerative agriculture include:

• Reduced soil erosion. This is because the soil is covered with plants, which helps to hold the soil in place.
• Regenerative agriculture can also help to improve water quality. This is because the plants and trees help to filter out pollutants and provide shade, which helps to reduce the amount of evaporation.
• In addition, regenerative agriculture can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is a result of the carbon that is sequestered in the soil.

Why aren’t more people talking about regenerative agriculture, and what can we do to change that?

Everything above sounds great, so why aren’t more people talking about this? Well, there are several reasons why regenerative agriculture isn’t more widely known or adopted.

One reason is that it’s a relatively new concept, and it takes time for new ideas to catch on. Additionally, the industrial agriculture system is very powerful, and it has a lot of money invested in it fighting this along the way.

This makes it difficult for farmers to switch to new methods, even if they’re better for the environment and human health.

Regenerative farmers face challenges like:

• The lack of awareness about what it is and how it can benefit us.
• The high cost of implementing regenerative practices.
• The lack of government support for regenerative farmers.
• The challenge of changing entrenched farming practices.

However, there are also many reasons to be optimistic about the future of regenerative agriculture. As more people learn about its benefits, they are beginning to demand more regenerative foods and products from their food producers

How can you get involved in regenerative agriculture, whether on a personal or community level?

We can overcome these challenges by raising awareness about regenerative agriculture. We can do this by talking to our friends and family about it, sharing articles and information about it on social media, and supporting farmers who are using regenerative practices.

Additionally, we can vote with our dollars by buying food that is produced using regenerative agriculture.

One way is to support small farmers which helps create a more sustainable food system.

A few regenerative food sources are making their way into local grocery shops, but several online options make it simple.

When these principles are applied, the result is a win-win-win for people, the planet, and profits

Chad

In conclusion

Regenerative agriculture is a type of farming that employs nature to rebuild soil and grow more nutrient-dense food. It’s crucial if you want to consistently consume healthy foods. This kind of agriculture has countess benefits not just restricted to human health, but also the environment and your general wellbeing.