Climate Farmers scales regenerative agriculture in Europe, supporting farmers' transitions to improve soil health and resilience.

Climate Farmers

Climate Farmers | 24,581 followers on LinkedIn. Building the infrastructure to scale regenerative agriculture in Europe. | Climate Farmers is in the business of scaling regenerative agriculture in Europe.

We believe RegenAg can play a lead role in helping humanity find its place back again in the larger ecosystem. RegenAg has proven to be a powerful solution that fills multiple needs with one deed.

All things Regenerative Farming, Soil Health, Nutrition Density and Healthy Ecosystems

Paul du Plessis

Social Entrepreneurship Pioneer | Regenerative Agriculture Enthusiast | Executive Coach | Organizational Developer

Rainer Höll

Accelerating the transition to Regenerative Agriculture in Europe

Nils Arne Herrmann

Speeding up the transition to a regenerative food system

Joost Esser

Our friends at TransCap Initiative mapped the key systemic challenges and leverage points for capital holders in the RegenAg space. Their transition map provides a practical framework to support the decision-making process of investors. Even though it focused on financing the regenerative agriculture transition in the Midwest, it is still very relevant and insightful for Europe. https://lnkd.in/emkEC8NA

Regenerative agriculture is the better system, no matter how you look at it. However, RegenAg in Europe has only just begun to scratch the surface of its potential. Climate Farmers works with farmers and investors who both understand this and have the ambition to create lighthouse success cases, at scale, over the full spectrum of regeneration outcomes. What sets us apart from, let’s say, a technical service provider? Find out in this short introduction series about our Success in Regeneration (SiR) solution. #5 SiR can prove that you are an Article 9 fund. Article 9 funds need to have a due diligence process that is strong enough to ensure that they live up to their Article 9 commitments. Our reportable, verified regeneration outcomes follow principles of SAI Platform, OP2B and Regen10, and have the highest verification standard in the market. Being verified by Climate Farmers helps your fund with: - Sustainability Leadership: Utilisation of regeneration outcomes will demonstrate the positive impact of the investment to investors. - Prove that your investment does not do any significant harm to any of the EU sustainability objectives. - Living up to good governance practices, including transparently disclosing information about sustainability characteristics and societal impact. - Leveraging unique insights derived from measurements and benchmarks (We evaluate all data and create a scorecard that enables you to compare your progress in all impact areas against your baseline and to regenerative farmers in similar agroecosystems). Find out more in the link below.

Regenerative agriculture is the better system, no matter how you look at it. However, RegenAg in Europe has only just begun to scratch the surface of its potential. Climate Farmers works with farmers and investors who both understand this and have the ambition to create lighthouse success cases, at scale, over the full spectrum of regeneration outcomes. What sets us apart from, let’s say, a technical service provider? Find out in this short introduction series about our Success in Regeneration solution. #4 Success in Regeneration is having the biggest expert network in RegenAg at your disposal. Guaranteeing you the best person for the job. A jack of all trades is a master of none. Climate Farmers has a multidisciplinary expert network, with specialists in: * Soil health * Plant health * Chemistry * Water quality * Keyline design * Microbiology * Pest and disease control *Tree crops *Stone fruit *Almonds *Olives *Citrus *Viticultures *Vineyards *Tropical fruit *Agro-livestock systems *Holistic Management *Rotational Grazing *Veterinary medicine *Livestock Find out more in the link below. Photography: Jan Wagner , https://lnkd.in/dNGis32B

Regenerative agriculture is the better system, no matter how you look at it. However, RegenAg in Europe has only just begun to scratch the surface of its potential. Climate Farmers works with farmers and investors who both understand this and have the ambition to create lighthouse success cases, at scale, over the full spectrum of regeneration outcomes. What sets us apart from, let’s say, a technical service provider? Find out in this short introduction series about our Success in Regeneration solution. #3 Success in Regeneration is improving profitability from your next growing season onwards. Many farmers transitioning to regenerative agriculture go through unnecessary years of losses. The most common mistakes are not having a context-specific regeneration plan, being ill-equipped to manage new complexity, and lack of access to the right advisory and knowledge, which results in a slow learning curve. Climate Farmers can help you to develop these plans and learn quickly. Find out more in the link below.

We are excited to be a partner in the Horizon Europe project, LILAS4SOILS , aimed at transforming soil health across Europe through five innovative Living Labs in six countries. Over the next five years, these labs will become hubs for collaboration, cutting-edge research, and carbon farming practices. Lessons learned will be scaled to reach farmers across Europe and support them in their transition journey. Climate Farmers is proud to lead the development of business models that ensure the long-term success of these Living Labs, securing their role in supporting regenerative agriculture and soil health beyond the project’s timeline. We’re proud to be working closely with partners like EIT Food , Danone , and ERSAF Lombardia to co-create solutions with and for farmers across Europe and beyond. Together, we’re making these Living Labs future-proof and driving the transformation of supply chains across Europe. Climate Farmers is empowering the Europeans food system transition to regenerative agriculture through LILAS4SOILS and Soil Health Benchmarks , ensuring that carbon farming innovations and farmer-lead initiatives lead the way for future food systems. Find out more in the link in the comments. #SoilHealth #RegenerativeAgriculture #CarbonFarming #LILAS4SOILS #ClimateFarmers #EUSoilMission

Regenerative agriculture is the better system, no matter how you look at it. However, RegenAg in Europe has only just begun to scratch the surface of its potential. Climate Farmers works with farmers and investors who both understand this and have the ambition to create lighthouse success cases, at scale, over the full spectrum of regeneration outcomes. What sets us apart from, let’s say, a technical service provider? Find out in this short introduction series about our Success in Regeneration (SiR) solution. #2 Is de-risking the transition with our regenerative management approach. Your farm's context is unique. That's the main reason why there are no “regenerative practices” per sé. Every tool can be both regenerative and degenerative. We measure, verify and report on regenerative outcomes across 5 key indicators: soil, biodiversity, water, farm profitability and community benefits. Information is collected from a comprehensive data set: soil, sap and water analyses, visual assessments and surveys. We help you to adopt a new management approach. Together we will deepen the understanding of the farm's holistic context and improve your regeneration outcomes with every cycle. Shifting the focus from yield per hectare to profit per hectare.

Regenerative agriculture is the most effective way to grow healthy food while restoring our agroecosystems and the lives of the people who depend on them. However, RegenAg in Europe has only just begun to scratch the surface of its potential. Climate Farmers works with farmers and investors who have the ambition to venture beyond the pilot project and scale their learnings to bring about real change across the full spectrum of regeneration outcomes (soil health, biodiversity, water, profitability and community). What sets us apart from, let’s say, a technical service provider? Find out in this short introduction series about our Success in Regeneration solution. #1 SiR is achieved through a holistic, outcome oriented approach that is unique for your farm's context. Thanks to Climate Farmers’ regenerative agriculture measurement framework and expert advice, farm managers deepen their understanding of the symbiotic relationship between soil health, plant health and biodiversity. This valuable knowledge enables our clients to apply context specific tools that empower them to improve soil fertility, grow healthy plants and increase yields. Bottom line: When done right, regenerative agriculture assures you the best return on your investment.

Agriculture is facing a social crisis, which threatens food security In the coming weeks, we will highlight emerging macro trends that, without a shadow of a doubt, stress the need to seriously consider shifting to RegenAg. Reason #6: Social Crisis - Young farmers can't get their foot in the door because of very high upfront costs (e.g. land, infrastructure and equipment). Only 11% of farms in the EU are run by people under the age of 40. And 55% of the entire workforce in agriculture is 55 years or older. This ageing crisis threatens food security. - When land changes hands, it is mostly absorbed by neighbouring farms, leading to large industrial-style companies. Consolidated farmland is managed by fewer people using increasingly more intensive practices like monocultures. Among other things this results in shrinking rural communities due to fewer jobs on the farm. - Other barriers for young people include the bad reputation farmers have in society, poor pay (in 2021, the average EU farm salary was € 28,800) and unattractive work conditions (long hours and physical labour). The agri-food sector is already greatly impacted by these macro trends, and regenerative agriculture has repeatedly proven to be a solution to the social challenges this sector is facing. In the meantime, our partners, father & son Antolin, are leading the way. Remember that the shift to RegenAg takes time and vision. And you need to act now in order to put your farmland on a future-proof path.

We‘re thrilled to announce our upcoming Regenerative Agriculture Roundtable: Producing High-Quality Olive Oil & Building Strong Distribution Networks! 📅 Date: October 3rd ⏰ Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CEST 📍 Location: Online (Zoom) If you're looking to learn more about the olive oil market and how to improve the quality of your oil and build relationships with distributors who value regenerative efforts, this roundtable is for you! What You’ll Learn: 🤝 How to build strong relationships with distributors that prioritize premium products 🧑🌾 Solutions to regenerative olive farming and distribution challenges 🌳 Best practices for regenerative agriculture Featured Speakers: - Eurof Uppington , Founder of Amfora : Insights on connecting with international markets and what distributors expect from producers - Antonio Jesús Puentes Campos , Director @ La Biodiversa Olive Oil : Sustainable practices in producing premium olive oil and connecting with eco-conscious distributors - Philippine Mignot , Founder of Tierra Viva Oil : How they transformed their family’s olive groves into an impact-driven business and became their own distributor Don’t miss out on this chance to learn and connect! Find the registration link in the comments. #oliveoil #regenerativeagriculture #sustainability #distribution #farming #networking #ClimateFarmers

Thrilled to launch Success in Regeneration. The potential of RegenAg has only scratched the surface. Real success cases, at scale, over the full spectrum of regeneration outcomes are still missing. We call this deep regeneration. They make the ‘lighthouse farm success cases’ that are needed to achieve systemic change towards a regenerative agrifood system. Climate Farmer is the first real partner, capable of delivering these golden success cases. Our Success in Regeneration (SiR) solution enables investors and farm managers to embark on a truly holistic regeneration journey. SiR accelerates and de-risks the transition to regenerative management and the implementation of regenerative agriculture. Drop us a PM if you would like more information.

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