Integrating food is medicine and regenerative agriculture for planetary health DOI Creative Commons

M. Sayedur Rahman,

Olivia Y. Wu,

Kyra Battaglia

et al.

Frontiers in Nutrition, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Dec. 12, 2024

The urgent need to address both human and environmental health crises has brought attention the role of food systems in driving climate change, biodiversity loss, diet-related diseases. This paper explores intersection Food is Medicine (FIM) regenerative agriculture (RA) as an emerging approach with potential help interconnected challenges ecological within healthcare systems. FIM programs, such produce prescriptions medically tailored meals, aim improve outcomes by increasing access nutritious foods promoting nutrition equity. RA, focusing on soil health, biodiversity, reduced reliance synthetic inputs, offers more sustainable agricultural practices that can align goals. highlights key opportunities, recent policy developments, evidence gaps, calling for concerted efforts clearly define RA foster collaboration between community, healthcare, agriculture, stakeholders. Strengthening these interconnections could lead resilient improved at individual population levels.

Language: Английский

Complementing or co-opting? Applying an integrative framework to assess the transformative capacity of approaches that make use of the term agroecology DOI Creative Commons
Beatrice Walthall, José Luis Vicente‐Vicente, Jonathan Friedrich

et al.

Environmental Science & Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 156, P. 103748 - 103748

Published: April 10, 2024

The paper discusses the increasing use of term agroecology in scientific literature and how its meanings vary different contexts. However, key issue is not understandings per se, but whether various interpretations align with intrinsic systemic transformative meaning. To address this, presents an integrative framework to assess approaches that agroecology, distinguish between enabling disabling interpretations. applied yield- non-yield-oriented (sustainable intensification, conservation agriculture, organic farming regenerative farming), revealing concerns hijacking or co-opting through (1) simplification, (2) false equivalence (3) confusion. prevent and/or respond – necessarily intentional - process neutralization potential we propose a combination accountability regulatory efforts, education collaboration protect integrity principles it represents as well ensure just contribution for (re-)shaping agri-food systems.

Language: Английский

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Opinion: Response to questions about common mycorrhizal networks DOI Creative Commons

Suzanne W. Simard,

Teresa L. Ryan,

David A. Perry

et al.

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: Jan. 21, 2025

Language: Английский

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Global Application of Regenerative Agriculture: A Review of Definitions and Assessment Approaches DOI Open Access
S. Jayasinghe, D. Thomas, Jonathan P. Anderson

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(22), P. 15941 - 15941

Published: Nov. 14, 2023

Regenerative agriculture (RA) is an approach to farming pursued globally for sustaining agricultural production and improving ecosystem services environmental benefits. However, the lack of a standardized definition limited bioeconomic assessments hinder understanding application RA more broadly. An initial systematic review revealed wide range definitions regenerative agriculture, although it generally understood as framework consisting principles, practices, or outcomes aimed at soil health, biodiversity, climate resilience, function. To address existing gaps, we propose working that integrates socioeconomic acknowledges significance local knowledge context complement established scientific knowledge. A second identified indicators, tools, models assessing biophysical economic aspects RA. Additionally, third literature identify potential integration advanced analytical methods into future assessments, including artificial intelligence machine learning. Finally, case study, developed conceptual evaluation in mixed setting Australia. This advocates transdisciplinary approach, promoting comprehensive assessment through collaboration, integrated data, holistic frameworks, stakeholder engagement. By defining, evaluating methods, proposing pragmatic framework, this advances guides research assess fit practices defined contexts.

Language: Английский

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A buzzword, a “win-win”, or a signal towards the future of agriculture? A critical analysis of regenerative agriculture DOI Creative Commons
Kelly R. Wilson, Mary Hendrickson, Robert L. Myers

et al.

Agriculture and Human Values, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: July 15, 2024

Abstract As the term regenerative agriculture caught fire in public discourse around 2019, it was promptly labelled a buzzword. While buzzword accusation tends to be regarded as negative, these widely used terms also reflect an important area of growing interest. Exploring can thus help us understand our current moment and offer insights paths forward. In this study, we explored how why different individuals groups adopt certain key or buzzwords, case “regenerative agriculture”. We interpretivist approach agriculture” is being constructed, interpreted, understood, employed, drawing from 19 semi-structured interviews conducted with farmers, researchers, private companies, NGO/nonprofits. Several interviewees felt that making societal shift thinking towards addressing major issues like climate change parity food agricultural systems. However, farmers particular greenwashed, coopting work they do, even diluting meaning. found advanced mobilizing “win-wins”—for for consumers, society—but may veiling political economic agendas big companies using term. Our findings further illustrated debates over standardizing agriculture, some contending there should room “continuous improvement” but others meaningless without definition.

Language: Английский

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Ancestral cuisine as regenerative social technologies in Amazon: eco-humanist perspectives towards a critical sustainable chemistry DOI Creative Commons
Aymara Llanque Zonta, Vânia Gomes Zuin

Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 101006 - 101006

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Different approaches for transformation of agri-food system in times of climate change: agroecology and regenerative agriculture DOI
Giselle Cristina Santos Aguilar, Sônia Regina Paulino

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 28

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

Language: Английский

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Generating regenerative agriculture DOI Creative Commons
Carlos Garbisu,

Olatz Unamunzaga,

Itziar Alkorta

et al.

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 9

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

Despite its being still a somewhat vague concept, regenerative agriculture has progressively been gaining momentum and popularity in recent years. While discussing the meaning of term agriculture, we propose to link with safe just Earth system boundaries framework, as basis for generation paradigm that could robustly ground an appealing narrative nourish vocation new farmers agronomists. The evaluation accounts resilience human well-being integrated which is precisely what sustainable all about. Our proposal connects small (the farm) colossal Earth) attempt confront one main sources criticism i.e., global environmental impact. idea define performance terms positive influence on eight through contribution highly-productive, environmentally-sound, nature- biodiversity-respectful, socially-responsible, ethically-committed agriculture. Finally, definition incorporates abovementioned proposal.

Language: Английский

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Science as a territory in dispute: an analysis of power and paradigms in the conceptualization of agroecology DOI Creative Commons
Jonas Adriaensens, Joost Dessein, Jeroen Adam

et al.

Agriculture and Human Values, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 14, 2025

Language: Английский

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From ideologies to practice: A political ecology approach to green transitions – The case of Tanzania's Ujamaa sustainability communities DOI Creative Commons

Christopher Columbus Graham

World Development Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100217 - 100217

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Co-contaminant risks in water reuse and biosolids application for agriculture DOI
Laura Carter,

Beth Adams,

T. Berman

et al.

Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 126219 - 126219

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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