EARA | European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture

🌱 Registration is Open for EARA's Roundtable Series on Regenerative Agriculture! We’re thrilled to invite you to the 1st session of our roundtable series, dedicated to exploring the 4th Agricultural Revolution—Regenerative Agriculture. This movement is more than a change in farming practices; it’s a revolution rooted in microbiology and soil science breakthroughs and the innovative spirit of pioneering farmers who tirelessly push the boundaries of the possible every day. Regenerative Agriculture is a leap forward in both practice and culture, uniting farmers across all contexts in their vision to achieve the highest productivity through the most sophisticated symbiosis with nature. It’s about regenerating not just our soils, but our hearts and minds too. 🔴 Join us on September 11th, 7-8:30 pm CET, for the first session titled "Regenerative Agriculture: The 4th Agricultural Revolution." We’ll dive into topics like photosynthesis, soil biology, and farmer-led innovations, contrasting them with AI, GMOs, and power concentrations. We’re excited to have world-renowned experts: Joel Salatin, Andre Leu, André Antunes and EARA's pioneering farmers Meghan Sapp, Sheila Darmos and Ben Taylor-Davies leading the discussion and sharing invaluable insights. 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eEZi2aK3 🔗 Full program: https://lnkd.in/eZQf2-kp 🌿 Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn, engage, discuss, criticize, and share your wisdom amongst this growing community - and feel the power of change that is within the agency of each one of us.

🌱 Registration is Open for EARA's Roundtable Series on Regenerative Agriculture! We’re thrilled to invite you to the 1st session of our roundtable series, dedicated to exploring the 4th Agricultural Revolution—Regenerative Agriculture. This movement is more than a change in farming practices; it’s a revolution rooted in microbiology and soil science breakthroughs and the innovative spirit of pioneering farmers who tirelessly push the boundaries of the possible every day. Regenerative Agriculture is a leap forward in both practice and culture, uniting farmers across all contexts in their vision to achieve the highest productivity through the most sophisticated symbiosis with nature. It’s about regenerating not just our soils, but our hearts and minds too. 🔴 Join us on September 11th, 7-8:30 pm CET, for the first session titled "Regenerative Agriculture: The 4th Agricultural Revolution." We’ll dive into topics like photosynthesis, soil biology, and farmer-led innovations, contrasting them with AI, GMOs, and power concentrations. We’re excited to have world-renowned experts: Joel Salatin, Andre Leu, André Antunes and EARA's pioneering farmers Meghan Sapp, Sheila Darmos and Ben Taylor-Davies leading the discussion and sharing invaluable insights. 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eEZi2aK3 🔗 Full program: https://lnkd.in/eZQf2-kp 🌿 Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn, engage, discuss, criticize, and share your wisdom amongst this growing community - and feel the power of change that is within the agency of each one of us.

▶Regenerating Forward: Green Deal & Farm2Fork Strategy ◀ After a short summer break, we’re back with a new series of posts to explore the future of Europe’s agrifood systems. As Brussels gears up for a busy political season, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the lessons learned from the Green Deal and Farm2Fork strategy. In this series, we’ll dive into the challenges these initiatives faced and discuss how the regenerative agriculture movement offers powerful solutions to achieve Europe’s sustainability goals. With only 25% of the promised F2F actions delivered, we’ll ask the hard questions: Why didn’t the GD and F2F deliver? And what can we do about it? In the upcoming posts, we’ll examine these issues through two perspectives: past mistakes and new opportunities emerging from regenerative agriculture. ▶ Next up: We’ll tackle the critical issue of the lack of appreciation of farmers, their plights and experiences. Stay tuned 🌿 *link for the article cited in the post: https://lnkd.in/eN4BXUpM

▶ Summer and Webinar ◀ 🌞 This summer gives another spotlight on the New Normal in our society’s polycrisis. From erratic weather, dwindling biodiversity and water supplies to fragile supply chains, accelerating costs of living, and silver rattling geopolitics - times are challenging, to say the least. Whereas northern and central Europeans are trying to deal with unusual amounts of rain, the South of Europe is battling heat and drought. 🌾 Yet everywhere farmers are ceaselessly growing and harvesting food for our tables. 🍅 We want to express our gratitude for all the people in Europe working so hard in the summer to assure there will be meals to come - harvesting tomatoes under the burning Italian heat or driving harvesters day and night on the vast fields of emptied rural regions across our continent. ❗ Before going into a short summer ‘hibernation’ with EARA’s linkedin content, we want to grow your excitement for our upcoming roundtable series on regenerative agriculture. We will discuss with farmer heroes and experts the big topics concerning regenerative agriculture and its critically important potential for facing the crises of our societies. STAY TUNED 🌱

🌍 This year's World Organic Forum facilitated stronger collaboration among the Organic, Regenerative, and Agroecology movements, addressing the urgent need for agronomic adaptation amidst increasing greenwashing. 👩🌾🌾 From our EARA community, Founding Farmers Sheila Darmos and Felix Riecken, along with Policy Steward Simon Kraemer, were present. Our heartfelt gratitude to BESH’s 1500 farmer-strong network, Akademie Schloss Kirchberg, and the incredible organizers, especially Josefine Herz and Fabio Volkmann. 🌐 The lineup of diverse participants and speakers was impressive, fostering immense knowledge exchange on topics like certification, ecosystem services payments, and peer-to-peer agronomic learning. 🤝 Deep mutual respect and a desire for collaboration permeated the event. EARA continues its mission to weave our movements together in symbiotic collaboration, just as pioneering farmers reenable the mycelium in their soils. Frederik Schulze-Hamann , Advancing Eco Agriculture, Andre Leu,NOW Partners Foundation, Walter Link, Kish Johnson, Sheelah Bearfoot, MHS, Naturland e.V., Regeneration International,

🎪 A big thank you to the Groundswell Agriculture organizers! On behalf of EARA and the farmers who attended—Meghan Sapp, William Houstoun, nick viney, Anne van Leeuwen, Sheila Darmos, Ben Taylor-Davies, and Peter Fröhlich —we are still reflecting on the incredible experience at the event. It was deeply inspiring to witness so many passionate individuals dedicated to advancing a regenerative farming and food system—a movement that continues to gain momentum each year. We are honored to be part of this journey, working together to transform our agrifood ecosystems through responsible ecological, economic, and social regeneration. 👥 Groundswell was an engaging experience, with an overwhelming program that was impossible to fully keep up with in real-time. We hope everyone took home the magazine to "read later." If you haven't yet, we encourage you to explore it, either in your hard copy or via this post. For those who looked for "the white piano by the straw bales" as a meeting spot for EARA farmers every evening at 19h, we apologize—there was no white piano this year! Despite this, we enjoyed many great conversations during the event and met at the straw bales each evening. Thank you to everyone who found us! Looking forward, we are committed to ensuring a clearer and more vibrant presence next year, save the date for Groundswell 2025 planned for the 2nd and 3rd July.

EARA's Exciting Week at the Soil Evolution Festival! Last week, EARA had the honor of participating in the AMAZING Soil Evolution Festival. We are immensely grateful for the efforts of Soil Evolution, the Farming Family Zauner, European Conservation Agriculture Federation (ECAF), GKB - Ges. für konservierende Bodenbearbeitung e.V. (German Association of Conservation Tillage), Boden.Leben, and SWISS NO-TILL. 👥 The event was exceptionally well-organized and, although still relatively small, it has become one of the most important gatherings in German-speaking Central Europe addressing climate, water, environmental, food, and health crises. Special thanks to our incredible hosts, the Farming Family Zauner. You can follow the inspiring farmer and pioneer Josh Zauner on Instagram @drjoshenstein and YouTube @joschzauner8673. 🌾 Our Founding Farmer Andreas Klümper delivered two outstanding presentations to packed tents, and our Policy Steward Simon Kraemer presented and discussed EARA's CAP-post 2027 policy proposal. The feedback from all participating farmers was overwhelmingly positive, and as always, we learned a lot from our discussions with pioneering farmers. 🔜 Next stops on our journey: Festival de l'Agroécologie et de l'Agriculture de Conservation des Sols (FA2C) (https://lnkd.in/e8hRUJGb) in Belgium and Groundswell (https://groundswellag.com/) in the UK. Big thanks to Jan Wagner for the amazing photos! ❕ You can read the full version of our Policy Paper on our website https://eara.farm/ GKB - Ges. für konservierende Bodenbearbeitung e.V. (German Association of Conservation Tillage), Boden.Leben, Mateusz Graczyk,Norbert Totschnig, Lorenz Mayr, Alexander Bernhuber SWISS NO-TILL, Theodor Friedrich, Horizon Agricultural Machinery Ltd, Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, Katharina Keiblinger, Yann Boulestreau

On June 1st, we came together with hundreds of citizens, NGOs, and grassroots movements at Place de l’Albertine in Brussels to demand climate action, nature restoration, and a just transition for our agrifood systems. 🌾 Check out our video from the demonstration, highlighting the urgency to vote for the future in the upcoming EU Elections! 🗳 https://lnkd.in/eWd2_txV #VoteFutureEU Agroecology Europe Association BirdLife Europe and Central Asia EU Food Policy Coalition IFOAM Organics Europe Stichting Boerengroep European Environmental Bureau Greenpeace European Unit European Parliament Access to Land Network WWF European Policy Office Corporate Europe Observatory Slow Food EARA | European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture WeMove.EU Rewriting Earth FIAN Belgium Fridays for Future Europe Generation Climate Europe (GCE)

🌱 Grateful for the opportunity to attend the Good Food Good Farming Annual Network Meeting. Many thanks to the organizing team of Good Food Good Farming for putting together such a meaningful event. 👤 The discussions, networking opportunities, and strategic insights shared have greatly benefited our community. Highlights included reflections on recent farmer protests, engaging panel discussions, in which our Founding Farmer Felix Riecken shared his experience and perspective, and workshops on the future of the CAP post-2027. Moreover, we had the occasion to present EARA's EARA's pioneering and farmer-centric proposal for a reformed CAP, which was warmly welcomed as a breeze of fresh air. 🗣 The voices present at the event were amplified during the #VoteFutureEU demonstration, where hundreds of citizens gathered demanding climate action, nature restoration, and a fair agrifood transition that prioritizes both farmers and citizens Appreciation to all the speakers, panelists, and participants for their commitment and contributions. Looking forward to continued collaboration towards a more farmer-centric CAP in the future. Thank you again for a wonderful event! #GoodFoodGoodFarming #Agriculture #CAP2027 #VoteFutureEU #RestoreNature BirdLife Europe and Central Asia Slow Food Friends of the Earth Europe European Coordination Via Campesina Agroecology Europe Association WWF European Policy Office Stichting Boerengroep Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe

Many thanks to OP2B and Pernod Ricard for hosting and inviting us to the "Toast to Tomorrow" event. Here in Brussels, EARA was proudly represented by our Founding Farmer, Meghan Sapp, who eloquently explained how our proposed CAP approach - by farmers, for farmers - addresses the needs of our agroecosystem. The debate acknowledged the potential of Regenerative Agriculture, highlighting the essential need to put it at the heart of the EU policy discourse. The event brought together a diverse range of stakeholders, each contributing unique knowledge, ideas, and experiences. This diversity fostered meaningful discussions on critical topics, from CAP reform to soils, biodiversity, farmer livelihoods, and more. 🌿 We extend our deepest gratitude for all the support and interest,  which always help nourish a flourishing community. 📺 Watch the full discourse here: https://lnkd.in/epeQ7qDG 📄 Read our full Policy Paper here: https://lnkd.in/gJCM6mu2 Gaelle MARION Morgane Yvergniaux Dirk Jacobs Stefania Avanzini Charles Dezitter DECERLE JEREMY François-Xavier Vauchelle FoodDrinkEurope spiritsEUROPE CEEV - Comité Vins AIM - European Brands Association McCain Foods #RegenerativeAgriculture #EUPolicy #CAP2027 #FarmersFirst #Biodiversity #SoilHealth