Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8
Published: Dec. 2, 2024
Concern
has
been
raised
about
the
potential
greenwashing/co-optation
of
regenerative
agriculture
(RA)
due
to
a
lack
consensus
on
its
definition.
While
academic
literature
cataloged
various
approaches
defining
RA,
each
definitional
approach
carries
with
it
relative
concern
for
likelihood
co-optation
and
transformative
power
can
have
within
sector.
As
industrial
agrifoods
sector
is
taking
interest
in
field,
lessons
from
organic
movement
are
worth
highlighting.
The
corporate
system
easily
integrated
foundational
pillar
growing
food
without
chemicals,
but
left
behind
pillars
alternative
distribution,
focus
whole
foods
unprocessed
ingredients.
Corporate
RA
could
be
major
driver
scaled
adaptation,
yet
may
lose
regeneration
resources,
ecosystems
functions,
social
systems
required
reproduce
next
generation
farmers.
greatest
challenge
that
fundamental
philosophical
one,
which
entails
shift
how
humans
perceive
natural
world
their
role
it.
scales,
will
hold
values
remain
obscure,
or
merge
predominant
significance
affect
real
change
agriculture?
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.
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.
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.
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.
