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| − | '''Regenerative Agriculture''', or ''restorative agriculture,'' is any agricultural system that results in a net increase of [[soil fertility]] and [[biodiversity]] and minimizes non-renewable energy usage while producing an economically significant yield.
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| − | Regenerative agriculture is in contrast to [[agro-industrial]] farming, which is the norm in 21st century agriculture. Agro-industrial farming typically is degenerative to it's environment and relies on depleting natural resources such as energy, while using industrial chemicals to address deficiencies in [[soil fertility]] and relying on [[biocides]] to control unwanted ecosystem interactions and kill unwanted life-forms/[[biodiversity]]. | + | |
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| − | Regenerative Agriculture may also restore damaged ecosystems to a more natural pattern. [[Regenerative Grazing]], for example, mimics natural [[grassland]] and open forest ecosystems, returning them to a biodiverse and functional state while managing them to produce high yields of food for human use.
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