Regenerative Organic Alliance

Regenerative Organic Certified® farms and products meet the highest standards in the world for soil health, animal welfare, and farmworker fairness. The Regenerative Organic Certified® seal uses the USDA Certified Organic standard as a baseline. From there, it adds important criteria and benchmarks that incorporate the three major pillars of regenerative organic agriculture into one certification. 🌱Soil Heath What we do to the soil, we do to ourselves, as soil is the bedrock of our food system and, ultimately, our culture and civilization. Regenerative organic farming methods restore and build soil, protect ecosystems, and protect people by increasing soil organic matter, fertility, and biodiversity. 🐄Animal Welfare High welfare farming addresses the needs and nature of animals first, ensuring livestock experience a pasture-based stress-free environment that protects them from extremes of temperature, thirst, hunger, and fear, allowing them to exhibit natural behaviors such as ranging, foraging, and rooting. 🧑🌾Farmworker Fairness To be truly regenerative, we must consider all players in the farm system — from the soil to the people working the soil. Ethical treatment of our land stewards is fundamental to a thriving agricultural system, and the Farmer & Worker Fairness module seeks to empower people and restore communities by ensuring fair conditions for farmers, ranchers, and workers at all levels of the farm. Photos of Regenerative Organic Certified® Farms: 1. Rodale Institute 2. Burroughs Family Farms 3. Dr. Bronner's mint supplier PAVITRAMENTHE FAIR ORGANIC PVT LTD

To kick off 2025, the ROAs Program Director, Paul Alvarez, will join other industry leaders at the Sustainable Food Summit in San Francisco. Since 2009, the Sustainable Foods Summit has been covering major sustainability developments in the food industry. And this year a big focus of the summit will be on organic and regenerative systems in agriculture and the supply chain. Paul will be presenting on the ROC™ framework and core principles in securing a sustainable future, as well as participating in two panel discussions: Taking Regenerative Agriculture Mainstream. - There is growing recognition of the sustainability merits of regenerative agriculture, however adoption rates remain low. The panel will discuss approaches to increase adoption rates of regenerative agriculture. The ROA will join a panel alongside representatives from, Soil & Climate Alliance and the Soil & Climate Initiative (SCI). Future Direction of Organic Labels. -The USDA organic label is well-established in the organic food industry, however new labels are emerging. The ROA will join a panel alongside our friends at the Organic Trade Association, Rodale Institute, CIRANDA Inc., Friends of the Earth U.S., and Patagonia Provisions. #SFSNA25

Discover how Regenerative Organic Certified® Sol Organica is working to support farmers, empower a thriving food system, and protect our planet through regenerative organic agriculture! Read their 2023 impact report linked below. 🌱 As a consumer, a great way to support companies that are helping to shape a restorative future for all is by voting with your dollar by purchasing their products in the marketplace. You can find Sol Organica's delicious dried fruit snacks along with other Regenerative Organic Certified® brands at many retailers across the nation (and globe!) such as Whole Foods Market, Sprouts Farmers Market, Jimbo's, and your local Co-op!

Free webinar! This Friday, 12/20, we will be hosting a free virtual field day with Oatman Flats Ranch as part of our Regenerative Organic Learning Center program, led by Benjamin Fahrer. The virtual field day will bring together members of the ROA, experts in regenerative organic farming under the ROC™ framework at Oatman Flats, and guest speakers in the region. 🕑9am PT  📅December 20th, 2024 📍Virtual | Zoom- registration required To learn more and register at this link: https://lnkd.in/g-xHruaH About the speakers:  Benjamin Fahrer, brings over 25 years of organic farming experience, specializing in designing and building integrated ecological farming systems as a consultant. He has brought innovation to urban agriculture by designing, building and operating highly productive urban rooftop farming systems in the SF Bay area. He is deeply committed to building these ecosystems in service to nature and community. Yadi Wang, PhD. Inspired by the farming lifestyle of his extended family, Yadi was determined to become a farmer after receiving his doctoral degree in environmental science. Throughout his farming journey, he rediscovered his own roots being Chinese, which allows him to celebrate life of all kinds and embrace the culture and his ancestral views of focusing on the health of people and land within his touch.  Dax Hansen. Dax is the owner of Oatman Flats Ranch and founder of Oatman Farms. He is a visionary farmer who is leveraging his blockchain expertise to bring transparency to the food supply chain. Dax is committed to reimagining agriculture based on a view of the farmer as steward and the farm as an integral part of a shared and evolving landscape. Jesús M. García. Jesús is a Desert Ecologist and Ethnobotanist and serves as a Conservation Research Associate, teaching natural history and cultural programs throughout southern Arizona and northern Mexico. He has been the Director of the Kino Heritage Fruit Trees Project for almost 20 years, while also serving as the vice-chair board member of Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace and the Mission Garden for over a decade. Iris Tirado. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Iris obtained a Nutrition and Dietetics degree from University of Puerto Rico. She worked with the Madison Metropolitan School District for 20 years in school nutrition, always exploring locally procured foods and flavors. Iris joined Concordia Charter School in 2019 where she enjoys serving as Concordia’s School Food and Nutrition Director. Jonathan Buford is the CEO and founder of Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company, which is renowned for its environmental initiatives, including water conservation and sustainable sourcing. Jonathan continues to focus on improving the brewery’s community impact.

✨ Reflections on the Berlin Tea Festival 🌱 I just returned from an incredible 3-day trip to Germany for the Berlin Tea Festival, and I’m feeling inspired and energized! It was such a joy to connect with Europe’s vibrant tea community in a historic and intimate setting. This trip was about more than just attending the festival—it was an opportunity to: 💡 Meet with the Wild Orchard community in Berlin ahead of the festival. We welcomed new members and began planning an even larger gathering for next year—complete with more tea tastings! 🤝 Build relationships with passionate tea professionals from around the world, including producers, distributors, researchers, sommeliers, tea room owners, and other advocates dedicated to elevating tea culture. 🌱 Present on regenerative organic tea cultivation and share how it improves soil health, mitigates climate change, and fosters personal well-being. Seeing the audience’s enthusiasm was incredibly rewarding—over a dozen attendees even expressed interest in joining our Jeju Island tea festival next May. How exciting would that be to meet on Jeju Island? 🍵 Introduce Wild Orchard teas to a new audience and receive such encouraging feedback on the flavors and the meaningful story behind our teas. This trip reaffirmed my belief in the power of tea to connect us all and drive positive change. Looking ahead, I’m confident that 2025 will be a breakout year for Wild Orchard as we grow, expand our impact, and continue spreading the message of regenerative organic agriculture throughout the tea industry. 🌟 A heartfelt thank-you to everyone, especially our European partner Peter Fuchs, who made this trip so impactful. If you share a passion for tea, sustainability, and health, let’s connect! Together, we can create lasting change for both people and the planet. #Tea #RegenerativeAgriculture #Sustainability #Community #BerlinTeaFestival

Applications for Top 50 Farmers are open! Top 50 Farmers is committed to recognizing and celebrating the achievements of leading regenerative farmers across Europe. The organization promotes regenerative farming practices, fosters innovation, and supports the growth of the farming community by connecting farmers with funders, corporations, academics, chefs, and nonprofits. Through this collaboration, T50F highlights the inspiring stories of agricultural leaders and advances the global regenerative agriculture movement. Benefits of the program include storytelling, access to new markets, financing, mentorship, and peer-to-peer support. As an exemplary leader and voice for regenerative organic agriculture in Europe, the ROA has nominated Ludovic du Plessis 🍾🌱🌏 of Champagne Telmont for the T50F incentive! Ludovic’s own cultivating commitments to regenerative organic agriculture and advocacy for widespread adoption of regenerative organic practices across European farmland makes him a commendable choice for the T50F program. Learn more or nominate a standout regenerative farmer in Europe here: www.top50farmers.org.

This Holiday season, give the gift of Regenerative Organic Certified®!  Shop your values and spread some holiday cheer by gifting with the health of the planet in mind. By purchasing products with the Regenerative Organic Certified® seal, you are supporting the well-being of the planet and those living on it. Check out our product directory on our website via the link in our below to 'shop like the world depends on it' this holiday season! https://lnkd.in/eTf6P7nb

We are thrilled to be featured alongside other great organizations and companies, such as Pocono Organics, in Omdena’s reflection report “50 Companies and Organizations Leading Sustainable Agriculture in 2024”. 2024 was a tremendous year of growth and awareness for the #regenerative #organic movement. As we begin to close out the year we celebrate all of the farmers, ranchers, suppliers, brands, and consumers that advocate for regenerative organic practices around the globe. Together we can build a more resilient food and fiber system that supports life above and below the soil🌱

Regenerative organic practices not only uplift natural ecological systems… it reaps more delicious and nutritious yields! Read the full paper “Are your strawberries bland? Pesticides could be to blame” below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

Excitement as our wines named in the The Enthusiast 100: The Best Wines of 2024 by Wine Enthusiast. 🍷 Elegant but rich, structured but velvety, this well-balanced, classically flavored wine keeps expanding with each sip. It offers deep black cherry, blueberry, spearmint and cocoa aromas followed by enticing oak toast, cloves and cedar on the moderately tannic palate. Made from organically grown grapes. Best from 2026–2036. — Jim Gordon "We are very honored to be bringing certified organic wine to the top 100 wines. Thank you for showcasing organic farming and winemaking." - Mark J Neal "These bottles are not simply the highest-scoring or most expensive. They might have an outstanding quality-to-price ratio, or have opened our reviewers’ eyes and stimulated their palates or imaginations. Perhaps they are exceptional wines from new wineries, under-the-radar regions or are made from unusual grape varieties or in innovative styles. Maybe they’re rare bottlings or cuvées, particularly energizing or are outside mainstream wine retail offerings." - Wine Enthusiast. Learn about our latest release from our Rutherford Dust Property: https://bit.ly/41mAU4R #WinesofWorld #OrganicWines #RegenerativeOrganic #CCOF