{"id":874,"date":"2021-12-06T03:31:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T02:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/?p=874"},"modified":"2021-12-06T03:36:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T02:36:10","slug":"the-1st-climate-farming-congress-towards-a-common-definition-of-regenerative-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/en\/the-1st-climate-farming-congress-towards-a-common-definition-of-regenerative-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1st Climate Farming Congress \u2013 Towards a Common Definition of Regenerative Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"874\" class=\"elementor elementor-874\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c9a33d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c9a33d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c39298\" data-id=\"3c39298\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4d3b1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4d3b1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The first Climate Farming Congress - Towards a Common Definition of Regenerative Agriculture<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-95da78e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"95da78e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5251172\" data-id=\"5251172\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4a427 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b4a427\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">A sheet of A2-sized paper, 51 signatures, and a castle in the German countryside. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\"><strong>Regeneration<\/strong> is the word that links these three ingredients.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4ead96 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"e4ead96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cRegeneration means bringing the earth back to life.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Paul Hawken<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/footer>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-674bb34\" data-id=\"674bb34\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35b826c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35b826c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-880\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-2-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a5e7e3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a5e7e3b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab10aac\" data-id=\"ab10aac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99a3cac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99a3cac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">This is one of the opening quotes of the Manifesto of Regenerative Agriculture, the outcome of the three-day Climate Farming Congress, that kicked-off on November 9th, in the historic Schloss Kirchberg in Kirchberg an der Jagst, in the cold autumnal German countryside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The castle is an iconic location of the agricultural scene in Schw\u00e4bisch Hall. Historically, it was the residential palace of the Princes of Hohenlohe-Kirchberg, who relied on vassals and their servants for food production and overall well-being. Since 2016, Kirchberg Castle has belonged to the \u201cHouse of Farmers\u201d foundation, the socio-political foundation of the Schw\u00e4bisch Hall Farmers\u2019 Association, an association of 1,450 farms from the Hohenlohe region in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, with freedom, self-determination, and social justice for the peasant and rural populations as core values.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90d003d elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90d003d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd08ef8\" data-id=\"cd08ef8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-519e133 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"519e133\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The Congress, organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatefarmers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate Farmers<\/a>, an organization that is building the necessary infrastructure to scale regenerative agriculture in Europe, saw the participation of 60 individuals, farmers, organizations, associations, and institutions, during a three-day program filled with heartfelt conversations, brainstorming sessions, and workshops, focused on creating a manifesto representing the voices of Regeneration in Europe and taking the first steps towards a common and officially recognized definition of Regenerative Agriculture. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0509b0b\" data-id=\"0509b0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f56837 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f56837\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-877\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-4.jpg 960w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-4-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc824be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc824be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c97529f\" data-id=\"c97529f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2810823 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2810823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Amongst the voices was Future Food Institute, advocating for an Integral Ecological Regeneration.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8bb15dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8bb15dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fb5e34\" data-id=\"9fb5e34\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8bcbbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8bcbbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Is Regeneration?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6df8bec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6df8bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Regeneration is the re-elivenment of degraded relationships at large.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u201c<em>Regeneration is about continuously increasing the life-holding capacity of a place, while fulfilling all human needs. It maximizes positive ecological-social-economic impact, rather than minimizing negative impact. Its objective is to facilitate the highest potential of an ecosystem. This is a continuous process.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Regeneration does not mean sustainability, as the latter refers to actions that just \u201cdo less or no harm.\u201d Regeneration is not the same as restoration, as that would mean going back to a previous state. Regeneration is instead a forward-facing, positive, dynamic, and evolving movement, which requires humanity to play an active role in order to be successful.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-add05d9 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"add05d9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7650a5c\" data-id=\"7650a5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7618c62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7618c62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-879\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-3-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6e97c5\" data-id=\"f6e97c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c04fb28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c04fb28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u201c<em>Regeneration takes place within a given ecological, socio-cultural and economic context.<\/em>\u201d Every context is different, there is no silver bullet and no one-size-fits-all solution that can regenerate natural ecosystems, social fabric, and individuals. Instead, despite being forward-looking, regeneration has its roots in indigenous cultures and local Traditional Ecological Knowledge, which carries an age-old luggage of sedimented learnings and expertise on how to see and conceive the local environment.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d87ca0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d87ca0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4309ab\" data-id=\"a4309ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-943c927 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"943c927\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prosperity Thinking at the Core of Regeneration<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df92035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df92035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Despite being a movement that began from farmers and for farmers, the manifesto moves away from the ego-centric vision of most organizations and associations, and stresses the importance of the eco-centric nature of regeneration, considering farmers not as the actors, but as stewards of land, guardians and caretakers of the natural ecosystem. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">This vision, that stands behind the Prosperity Thinking approach, is important to re-evaluate the position of farmers as custodians of ecology and ambassadors of tradition, in order to develop regenerative and resilient food systems, starting from the ground up.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21d92cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21d92cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An Outcomes-Based Definition<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4f770b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4f770b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a96c845\" data-id=\"a96c845\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-413a114 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"413a114\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">The purpose of the Congress was, in the first place, to start a conversation to set a definition of Regenerative Agriculture, without it being incorporated with unsuccessful land- and nature-management practices to grow food. This kind of agriculture doesn\u2019t originate from a practice, but from a vision. As such, a definition should be outcome-based, and the question should not be \u201cAre you regenerative?\u201d but \u201cAre you regenerating?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c9e1a8\" data-id=\"4c9e1a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a6a8f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9a6a8f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-878\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-5.jpg 960w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-5-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a239f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a239f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d575eb\" data-id=\"8d575eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f123c3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f123c3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">In this way, through accurate multi-dimensional measurements, we can ensure that we adhere progressively to the first vision, as other past movements have failed to do.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95803fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95803fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seeds for the Future of the Planet<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54ab8d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54ab8d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">November 11th, 2021, represents the date on which, for the first time, representatives of the Regenerative Agriculture scene gathered and built a solid base on which to plant the seeds for the future of farming in Europe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Regenerative agriculture and carbon farming have gained a lot of attention in the past months, but urgent action is needed to set the boundaries and direction to navigate this area that still lacks an officially-recognized definition and purpose. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Regenerative agriculture has the potential to store carbon in the soil, mitigate climate change, regenerate ecosystems, enliven biodiversity, increase resilience and adaptability of the food system at both the local and global levels, empower farmers, communities and rural areas, and eventually feed humanity with nutrient-dense food. However, a lot of research has to be made to adapt European and national policies to make this growing movement prosper. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9abfd9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9abfd9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Next Steps<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-870711c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"870711c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-961a091\" data-id=\"961a091\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-695c185 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"695c185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-881\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-6.jpg 960w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paideiacampus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Climate-Farming_Congress-6-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce59b60\" data-id=\"ce59b60\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f27369 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f27369\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Change must happen fast, but big change starts small. Integral Ecological Regeneration begins with a shift of mindset, a change of what we consider to be the successful paradigm. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">For the first time, in Schloss Kirchberg in Germany, voices united and started an inclusive, biodiverse, and ardent movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70231c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70231c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62c8439\" data-id=\"62c8439\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2488706 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2488706\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">With this first step, we must spread the word and disseminate the principles and values of Integral Ecological Regeneration. We must train farmers to transition, train trainers to help them, and train institution and policymakers to support them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">Read the full manifesto <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1y4mjZq_1nbhji27KJoTg0wrSKghr4bwB\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sheet of A2-sized paper, 51 signatures, and a castle in the German countryside. 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