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The Common Denominator
Regenerative Agriculture Melissa Willhouse Regenerative Agriculture Melissa Willhouse

The Common Denominator

In recent years, regenerative agriculture has gained significant attention as a solution to some of the most pressing challenges in modern agriculture: soil degradation, climate change, food insecurity, and biodiversity loss. However, beyond these global issues, regenerative agriculture has profound benefits for local communities and the food systems they rely on. This farming practice, which focuses on rebuilding soil health, promoting biodiversity, and improving ecosystem services, offers a sustainable model that empowers local economies, strengthens food sovereignty, and promotes a healthier relationship between people and the land.

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Regenerative agriculture and renewable energy are beneficial for public health and for the environment. We want farmers and ranchers to be compensated for these benefits. Let’s make regenerative agriculture and renewable energy accessible for producers.

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RIPE On the Ground 2024

Producers from across the United States come together in a field at Black Leg Ranch in North Dakota. A snapshot from No-till on the Plains' 2024 Dakotas Soil Health Bus Tour, which RIPE co-sponsored.
RIPE President Bill Beam and Executive Director Trey Cooke touring Stroud Water Research Center in Pennsylvania.
RIPE Executive Director Trey Cooke chatting with Pennsylvania Farmer & RIPE President Bill Beam at Beam's PA operation.
RIPE Executive Director Trey Cooke and Government Affairs & Policy Advisor Reece Langley pose for a photo on Capitol Hill.
A farmer bends over in a crop field against a backdrop of the Great Plains.
A farmer walks through a crop field against a gray sky in the Great Plains.
Two farmers stand together in a field examining a hunk of soil in the Great Plains.
An irrigated crop field in the Great Plains set against a stormy sky.
A dirt road cutting through two crop fields against the hilly backdrop of the Great Plains.
A landscape of agriculture in the Great Plains including a machine hard at work in a crop field.
Two crop fields meet under a stormy gray sky in the Great Plains.
The future of farming - an over-the-shoulder look at a young aspiring farmer.
A farmer standing in a field of wildflowers.
RIPE Executive Director Trey Cooke in an AR rice field with a representative of RIPE's Steering Committee.
Solar panels on a farm in England, Arkansas (Isbell Farms).
A banana spider in a crop field at Isbell Farms in England, AR.
RIPE Past President and current Board Member Eunie Biel in a cotton field in Arkansas.