Growing Healthy Soil and Communities

Economically, ecologically, and socially, our relationship to land and nature is a profound human touchstone. The #NoRegrets Initiative is a relationship-centered approach to land and asset management.

According to Rattan Lal, regenerative agriculture could draw down the 50 parts per million of CO2 we need to get back to 350 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Grasslands alone could sequester 54 to 216 million tons annually by 2030 according to the IPCC. Soil is our climate change #NoRegrets solution.
With global adoption of conservation agriculture, world cropland could sequester 40 million to 1 billion tons of carbon annually over a period of 50 to 100 years. That’s a lot of carbon.

Economically, ecologically, and socially, our relationship to land and nature is a profound human touchstone.

 

Soil is a bit of a magician. It has the ability to re-balance the carbon cycle beyond reducing emissions, in a way that benefits the oceans and agriculture; it can ensure that the water cycle is thriving, and prevent the dangerous extremes of flooding and drought; it can build the nutrient content of food and take a truly holistic approach to food security. We’ve fallen in love with soil and its capacity to solve the majority of our ecological destruction problems if treated well.

 

The #NoRegrets Initiative is a Regenerative Assets Strategy that deploys human, ecological and financial capital toward soil health and its effect on climate change. Our mission: to improve soil health and grow soil carbon in the agricultural soils of North America. We believe that life on this planet is beautiful and worth supporting, and landscapes are more interesting in relationship with people. We hope this website inspires you to consider the use of integrated capital and the importance of soil health in your work. We hope you consider joining us.

Why?

“Because diverse life on the planet is beautiful and worth doing something about; and because landscapes are more interesting in relationship with people.” — Sallie

We’ve Got the Goods (and are happy to share!)

  • This Just In

    When asked recently what the "canary in the coal mine" is for ecosystem health, our colleague Jonathan Lundgren of Ecdisys Foundation said insects. Read more >

  • New to Soil? Ya, We Understand, Start Here!

    How soil, climate, oceans, food and you are all related.

  • What We Have To Say

    Sallie and Esther explain the beauty of investing regeneratively, and why it makes them so happy.

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