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Everywhere around the world, regenerative farmers prove that we can generate ecological, social and economic profit whilst producing food. These farms are no longer part of the climate, soil, biodiversity, water and health crises, but actively contribute to solutions. Because whilst they sow, grow and harvest, they ensure that their landscapes, communities and local economies become increasingly healthy and resilient. However new or revolutionary this seems, it is not. In fact, regenerative farming goes back to the basics and places indigenous principles – such as the idea that all life is interconnected – at the heart of food production. And just like indigenous communities, regenerative farmers look beyond the short-term and desire to pass on their land in a better state than they found it. In nature, different plants, flowers, herbs, nuts and fruits grow side by side in the same ecosystem. Whilst they grow, they add and remove different nutrients from the soil, thus keeping it balanced. At the same time, a wide variety of insects and other animals are attracted by the biodiversity, keeping each other in check and making sure that no species can ever become a pest. This ensures that all life can flourish. Many regenerative farms sell their produce directly to consumers, therefore cutting out the middleman, or even opt for a membership model where people can become members of the farm for the duration of a harvest season, called Community Supported Agriculture.
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Thousands of infant sequoia and coastal redwood saplings, each the size of a thumb, sprout beneath grey foil and growing lamps in bus-size greenhouses. In the next room are their juvenile siblings, five to eight inches tall: sequoias, coastal redwoods, oaks and a hundred other tree species form the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive (AATA), a living library of the world's mightiest trees. These are not just any saplings – they all are descendants of so-called champion trees, specimens of exceptional size, age and resilience. At 75, David Milarch is trying to save the world's last old-growth forests from extinction – by using their DNA to help reverse climate change. The need, Milarch notes, is urgent: "Ninety-eight percent of the old-growth forest has been logged," he explains. "We have to save the remaining two percent." Unlike with other tree planting initiatives, Milarch puts plans in place to nurture the saplings for generations to come. To make this possible, he and Arboretum Detroit work with schools. "We empower the kids. We teach them, we give them the materials, and we check in on them," Milarch explains. "We're propagating the propagators. That's the paradigm shift." Each child gets to name a sapling, "because kids need to connect with nature," Milarch says. And later on, when the kids face hardship, Milarch points out, "they can always run to their tree and get some solace."
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