Guides & Practices

A farmer's journey from conventional to regenerative. No-till yields dip ~5% initially but recover within 5-7 years, and regen farms average 60% higher profitability after year six (BCG 2023). Intensified no-till with diversified rotations sequesters 0.42 Mg C/ha/yr. Practical, honest, and grounded in real results.

Comprehensive guide to farming practices that sequester carbon. Crop-by-crop analysis with climate impact data.

Europe's leading regen ag practitioner. Practical whole-systems guide for small farms with proven economics.

Australian landscape-scale regeneration. Brilliantly defines regenerative agriculture's restorative impact on health, biodiversity, and climate.

Connects the soil microbiome to the human gut microbiome. Global cropland topsoils hold 131 Pg C but have lost 6.8% of their carbon over 12,000 years of agriculture. Every 0.5 percentage-point gain in soil organic matter adds ~15% more water storage. Great entry point for understanding why soil biology matters.

Academic but comprehensive treatment of soil biology in agricultural systems. Second edition.

Latest academic treatment covering no-till, cover crops, livestock integration, and community well-being.

The gold standard for regenerative organic farming. Certification framework, research papers, and transition guides.

Allan Savory's framework for holistic land management. Training, land-to-market program, and hub network.

Interactive tool for selecting cover crops by region, soil type, and goal. Cover crops increase soil organic carbon by 7.3% in corn systems (198 paired comparisons) and sequester ~0.32 Mg C/ha/yr in the top 22 cm at a median cost of 37 USD/acre. Backed by decades of SARE research.

Practical guide to growing food forests. Ten essential tree crops for food, fuel, and medicine.

Definitive guide to temperate forest gardening. 500+ species profiles. Working with natural succession.

Real-world perennial agriculture systems that rival conventional yields. Economics-focused.

Free online syntropic agroforestry courses inspired by Ernst Gotsch. Agroforestry systems sequester 0.55-1.9 Mg C/ha/yr and achieve land equivalent ratios of 4.1-4.4, meaning one hectare produces what would take four in monoculture. Practical tutorials and global community.

Most comprehensive syntropic agroforestry course available. Individual support, cohort-based learning.

Nonprofit planting food forests in Guatemala and East Africa. Working with smallholder farmers.

Foundational text on natural farming. Japanese philosophy of working with nature rather than against it.

How California's Native Americans managed landscapes through fire, harvesting, and cultivation for centuries.

Academic foundation for understanding TEK in resource management. Bridge between indigenous and scientific knowledge.

Traditional ecological knowledge meets Western science. Indigenous wisdom on reciprocal relationships with the natural world.

Printable design templates for planning food forests and agroforestry systems. Agroforestry sequesters 0.55-1.9 Mg C/ha/yr with land equivalent ratios of 4.1-4.4. Alley cropping matches or exceeds monocrop NPV over 40-year horizons (USDA ALLEY Model, 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations).

Community-first carbon standard focused on smallholder agroforestry and restoration in the Global South. 10,000+ participants across 30+ projects with 2.2 MtCO2 verified reductions. Uses RothC-based SHAMBA tool for soil carbon estimation.