SUMMARY - Soil Health and Regenerative Agriculture
Beneath farm fields lies a universe as complex as any rainforestâbillions of organisms in every handful of soil, cycling nutrients, storing carbon, filtering water, suppressing disease. Industrial agriculture has often treated soil as an inert medium for holding plants while chemical inputs provide nutrients. Regenerative agriculture proposes a different relationshipâfarming practices that build soil health rather than depleting it. But what does "regenerative" actually mean, and can it work at the scale modern food systems require?