The path to regenerative is about evolving how you already farm.

Transition to regenerative farming Increase margins, quality, nutrition Decrease chemical, carbon footprint

Soil Health Testing

Soil Health Testing

An inexpensive soil test which tells gives you direction and history of improvement
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Assisting your farm

Consultation

Consultation

The first meeting is free to see what your first step toward regenerative agriculture will be.
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Education

Education

Speaking, lectures, seminars, and events can be facilitated in numerous capacities. Contact us.
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What is regenerative agriculture?


A shift in thinking

A new approach to future-proofing your farm

Regenerative farming isn't any one thing or technique. It is a paradigm shift in how we use our land to provide health and prosperity to communities.


Sustainable
self-reliance

She knows better

Regenerative farming has the potential to reduce or remove reliance on inputs from outside the operation. It all depends on what your goals are.


A contribution to
climate action

Doing your part

Healthy soil helps fix broken water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles which helps mitigate difficult weather, natural disasters, and the increasing call for global climate action.

Decrease reliance on costly inputs
Decrease reliance on costly inputs
Decrease reliance on costly inputs

A healthy soil microbiome can manage its own nutrient demands, and pests become managed by the rejuvenatved ecosystem.

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Reverse soil exhaustion
Reverse soil exhaustion
Build topsoil instead of lose it

Topsoil erosion is directly linked with overstressed carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles. Managing organic matter correctly can build and preserve topsoil, retain water, and carbon which benefits the nutrient cycle.

Nutrient content is key
Nutrient content is key
Create a better product

Not only does soil health affect nutrition content, it improves the ability to store and transport product

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The future must recognize the past
The future must recognize the past
Recognize and integrate past agricultural practice

In modern agroecology we recognize that indigenous peoples have regionally adapted practices refined over thousands of years, and for important reasons. We seek to learn and incorporate that wisdom back into mainstream practice.

Meet the Soil Nerd

Paul Zwarts comes from a technology background and for more than two decades providing strategic consultations for large global brands on five continents. He is now focusing that experience on the quality of food systems and education.

 

Soil Nerd is a member of the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario (EFAO)
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Public discussion forum

Soil Nerd is hosting a public access discussion forum for Regenerative Agriculture using the open-source software Mattermost. We are hosting this platform for free to encourage all those interested in the subject to join and be a part of the discussion. 

Since there is no currently accepted definition of regen-ag, why don't we talk about it and learn and teach in turn based on all our unique experiences and requirements.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We provide soil health testing, regenerative transition planning, and general consulting either in-person or remote.

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Public Forum

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