A Pasture Walk with Allen Williams

2023-05-16 15:51:30
Written by Meagan Patch

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Meagan Patch is a regenerative grazier who produces and direct-markets grass-fed beef,...
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Directory: Mental health resources for farmers

2023-05-05 08:23:04
Written by Geneviève Leblanc

Farming is a profoundly meaningful vocation, grounded in a close relationship to nature and the land, and providing communities...
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12 ways to make your garden regenerative

2023-04-27 14:00:30
Written by Sarah Barsalou, Ananda Fitzsimmons

This is an updated version of a blog post published in 2019.   When we talk to people around...
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Life Begins with Water

2023-03-21 14:41:06
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Water Cycles
Cover illustration by Garth Laidlaw and Jenna Kessler. Our planet is 70% water. Earth is a unique planet because we...
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International Women’s Day

2023-03-08 10:32:25
Written by Geneviève Leblanc, Sara Maranda-Gauvin, Antonious Petro

March 8 marks International Women’s Day. In a sector historically dominated by men, the contribution of women in agriculture...
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Black History Month: Black Canadians and Agriculture

2023-02-27 10:43:21
Written by Geneviève Leblanc

Every year in February, people around the world celebrate Black History Month. In Canada, as in other countries born...
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A new era for Regeneration Canada

2023-02-21 09:17:27
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons, president of Regeneration Canada’s Board of Directors Regeneration Canada recently celebrated its 5 year anniversary....
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A look back on the 2021 Living Soils Symposium

2023-01-17 09:06:28
Written by Robert Miller

Climate changeEventsSymposiumWater Cycles
This is a guest post by Robert Miller, a member of Regeneration Canada since 2019. Robert is a retired...
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Design thinking: A way to create systemic change in agriculture

2022-12-14 09:01:01
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Events
On December 2nd 2022, Regeneration Canada co-hosted a day-long event in collaboration with Equiterre and Sébastien Angers from Ferme...
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2022 Holiday Campaign: Buy from regenerative farms!

2022-12-05 10:08:41
Written by Geneviève Leblanc

Regenerative Farm Map
In this period of gift-giving and feast-making, we want to encourage our network from across Canada to purchase food...
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COP15: Biodiversity and agriculture

2022-12-05 09:58:09
Written by Geneviève Leblanc

BiodiversityEcosystemsEvents
On the heels of COP27, the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on...
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What happens to your soil in the winter?

2022-11-18 14:57:48
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons, Trisha Shufelt, Alix Tabet, Sara Maranda-Gauvin, Meagan Patch

All over Canada, whether shorter or longer, winter is a time of rest from the garden or the farm....
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COP27: Food, Agriculture and Climate Change

2022-11-04 13:15:23
Written by Geneviève Leblanc

Climate change
The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP27, will be...
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Truth and Reconciliation - Resources for regenerators

2022-09-27 10:17:46
Written by Geneviève Leblanc

Here at Regeneration Canada, we know that most of the regenerative practices we talk about every day are not...
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Labour Day - Solidarity with migrant workers

2022-09-03 15:09:31
Written by Geneviève Leblanc

Whenever we at Regeneration Canada have the opportunity to meet farmers on their land, it’s abundantly evident that we...
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Regenerative Farming in the Prairies: Long Family Farm Field Day

2022-08-09 11:03:06
Written by Haedar Naso

Events
During the month of July 2022, Regeneration Canada, in partnership with farms across the Canadian Prairies, held farming field...
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July 6th Producers' Field Day with SaskSoil

2022-07-11 13:21:04
Written by Kate Axten

EventsprairiesRegenerative business
On July 6th, 2022, Regeneration Canada, in partnership with the Saskatchewan Soil Conservation Association (SaskSoil), hosted a Producers’ Field...
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Intentional online networks: Our transition to the collaborative platform Hylo

2022-06-02 12:17:05
Written by Sara Maranda-Gauvin

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Regeneration Canada members recently helped us make the leap to migrate our online community from Facebook Workplace to a...
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Creating a groundswell of nature-based solutions

2022-04-06 13:22:23
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Climate changeEcosystemsRegenerative Farm MapWater Cycles
Regeneration Canada joins the EcoRestoration Alliance The EcoRestoration Alliance is a newly formed alliance of individuals and organizations coming...
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The forgotten role of water in the climate crisis

2021-12-13 10:55:12
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

BiodiversityEcosystemsWater Cycles
In the public discourse around climate change, the narrative is about carbon and how fossil fuel emissions create greenhouse...
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Carbon + Water + Biodiversity = Life

2021-11-09 13:02:30
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

BiodiversityEcosystemsIndigenous
John D. Liu is a documentary filmmaker and ecologist whose life changed when he was sent on a mission...
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Soils: The Underdog of Carbon Capture

2021-10-06 10:24:30
Written by Gabrielle Bastien

Carbon SequestrationClimate change
This article was originally published on the Clean50 website. If you’re reading this, you probably need no convincing of...
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National day for Truth and Reconciliation

2021-09-24 09:52:13
Written by Jade Heilman

Indigenous
In light of the upcoming “National Day for Truth and Reconciliation,” we at Regeneration Canada want to take a...
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Understanding Soil Horizons

2021-09-16 15:39:55
Written by Antonious Petro & Aviva Lessard

BiologySoil science
To obtain a soil profile, you have to examine the layers of a vertical cut into the ground. These...
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Focusing on soil health at Windhorse Organics in Duncan, BC

2021-08-25 12:58:55
Written by Aviva Lessard

LivestockRegenerative Farm Map
Farmer Tim Mock in Duncan, BC, has been on the regenerative journey for a number of years. Since purchasing...
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How to use the Map of Regenerative Farms in Canada

2021-06-21 09:01:50

Regenerative Farm Map
Welcome to our Map of Regenerative Farms in Canada The short video below will show you how to navigate the...
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Cover Crops 101

2021-06-08 17:56:04
Written by Antonious Petro & Aviva Lessard

Cover cropsSoil science
Cover cropping is an important pillar in regenerative agriculture. Planting them not only protects soil from erosion and helps...
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Diving deeper: What water can teach us

2021-03-17 09:03:54
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Climate changeEventsSymposiumWater Cycles
What we learned at the 2021 Living Soils Symposium Last month, we held the 4th edition of our Living...
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Earth my body, water my blood: Accounting for nature

2021-01-11 13:51:46
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Carbon SequestrationClimate changeEventsSymposiumWater Cycles
I was blown away when I came across this beautiful map of our continent, defined only by its watersheds....
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Deep Roots: These farmers are laying the ground for agroforestry crops

2020-11-17 14:09:39
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

AgroforestryRegenerative business
One of the five principles of regenerative agriculture is to integrate perennial and deep rooted plants into the agro...
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Restoring Indigenous Food Systems

2020-11-05 10:38:16
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Climate changeLivestockRegenerative business
For thousands of years Indigenous peoples on this continent subsisted by harvesting food from abundant, natural ecosystems which maintained...
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A vision for a more perennial agriculture

2020-10-30 10:52:33
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

AgroforestryRegenerative business
Recently, the topic of perennial crops has come more into public awareness after a recent publication by Eric Toensmeier...
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Agriculture Goes Wild: How a British Farm Combined Conservation With Food Production

2020-09-29 10:08:49
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

AgroforestryLivestockRegenerative business
Rewilding is a term that appeared in the 90’s, referring to the restoration of natural ecosystems as a part...
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Hydrating the Landscape

2020-09-02 14:57:11
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Recently, I met Neal Spackman, an American whose company Regenerative Resources works to reverse desertification and restore productive ecologies...
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Wondering where your food scraps go? Here’s what we found out.

2020-08-18 13:22:52
Written by Jaëlle Dutremble-Rivet

Earlier this summer, the Regeneration Canada team visited one of the composting sites from our members and partners of...
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Water Could Save Us

2020-07-17 15:51:40
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Carbon SequestrationClimate change
We could restore the water cycle using regenerative land management and it could be the thing that saves us...
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The Important Role of Soil Microbes in the Soil Food Web

2020-06-30 14:27:21
Written by Antonious Petro & Jaëlle Dutremble-Rivet

BiologyMicroscopeSoil science
The soil food web consists of a vast community of living organisms that work together to transfer energy between...
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10 Farmers Who Are Helping the Environment

2020-05-27 10:29:49
Written by Jaëlle Dutremble-Rivet

Climate changeCompost teaMarket gardeningNo-tillOrganicRegenerative business
For World Environment Day, we wanted to showcase farmers from our membership who work to mitigate climate change through...
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Inspiration List From The Regeneration Canada Team

2020-03-20 12:23:39

Climate changeSymposium
For a few weeks now, the world has been facing a new reality. With all the uncertainty and challenges...
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The 50 Year Flannel Shirt

2020-02-04 14:52:26
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Regenerative businessSymposium
When James Craig, Ontario farmer and Board member of Regeneration Canada, met Becky Porlier at last years Living Soils...
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Working to Seed a Secure Future

2020-01-22 13:06:24
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

OrganicRegenerative business
One hundred and fifty years ago, farmers and gardeners saved their seeds and bred their own varieties of plants....
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Momentum Continues to Build Around the Healthy Regeneration of Canadian Soils

2019-11-27 14:03:03
Written by Brenda Tjaden

Carbon SequestrationClimate changeRegenerative business
Boutique consultancy Sustainable Grain joins Regeneration Canada to spread the word about the importance and opportunities opening up in...
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Unicorn Riders Take Climate Resilience Seriously

2019-11-21 11:00:49
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Climate changeEvents
A speech in 2018 by former Alberta premier, Rachel Notley, made headlines when she said, “Maybe on Salt Spring...
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Making waves: Why I navigated around Newfoundland to talk soils

2019-10-31 08:33:10

Regeneration Canada invited as a scientist-in-residence I recently had the chance of joining one of Adventure Canada’s expedition trips...
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How These Farmers Are Learning Together

2019-10-03 14:01:59
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Carbon SequestrationCover cropsNo-tillOrganic
Club Action Billon is a group of farmers who support one another to learn how to best improve the...
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How this business is offsetting their carbon footprint while regenerating the soil

2019-09-04 17:14:20
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

AgroforestryCarbon SequestrationCompost teaOrganicRegenerative business
The 2017 Living Soils Symposium carbon offset project I had the opportunity to get an update on the carbon...
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Unpacking the 2018 IPCC report on climate change

2019-08-08 16:19:29
Written by Ananda Fitszimmons

Climate change
The 2018 IPCC report is not that easy to read if you’re not a scientist. So I’m wondering if...
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Half the Corn, More Profit?

2019-07-25 14:35:53
Written by Ananda Fitszimmons

Cover cropsOrganic
Not your typical corn field Sébastien Angers’ corn fields don’t look like your typical corn fields. In fact, if you...
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How to reuse coffee grounds in your crops

2019-06-28 09:39:07
Written by Andréa de Hullessen

Compost
With the return of spring and good weather it is finally time for gardening season, and coffee grounds will...
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How this rural community is building bridges

2019-05-15 14:32:32
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Organic
Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge is a small rural community in Southern Quebec, surrounded by many other small rural communities. Like many places...
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3 Great Reasons Why Composting is Regenerative

2019-05-09 10:00:54
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Compost
To highlight International Compost Awareness Week (May 1 – May 7, 2022), we’ve decided to talk about how compost...
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How are pioneering farmers and agronomists optimizing cover crops?

2019-02-27 13:00:07
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Cover cropsEventsNo-till
No-till farming began to develop in the 80’s as a response to the problem of soil erosion, Initially the...
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[VIDEO] Why this Canadian vineyard became biodynamic

2019-02-21 09:00:26
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

BiodynamicsSoil GuardiansWine
Southbrook Vineyards: Wine for the soil/soul Southbrook Vineyards, located in Niagara-on-the Lake, in the Greenbelt of Ontario, has the...
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From Passion to Action - Laucolo Spreads a Message Through Her Fruit and Vegetable Drawings

2019-02-13 16:39:04
Written by Laurence Côté-Leduc

ArtSymposium
She never imagined that drawing would be part of her destiny. Better-known as her pseudonym Laucolo, Laurence Deschamps-Léger had...
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What is Compost tea and Why is it So Good for the Soil?

2019-02-06 09:00:17
Written by Maya Sakellaropoulo

CompostCompost tea
Regeneration Canada’s first webinar: Understanding and Succeeding with Compost On December 12 2018, Regeneration Canada launched its first interactive...
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How this regenerative business was inspired by the Living Soils Symposium

2019-01-31 08:10:09
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

CompostRegenerative businessSymposium
Jean François Lévêque, co-owner with his wife, Guylaine St-Vincent of Jardins de l’Écoumène (producers of organic heritage seeds and...
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Beekeeping: an ecological transition involving fair trade with bees

2019-01-24 08:30:40
Written by Yves Castera

Apiculture
We all know that in the present ecological crisis our societies are going to have to change in a...
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Why you should attend the Living Soils Symposium 2019

2019-01-16 09:00:05
Written by Maya Sakellaropoulo

Symposium
The upcoming Living Soils Symposium taking place in Montreal from March 28-31, 2019 is an engaging and information-packed event...
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How can businesses be regenerative?

2019-01-10 08:00:09
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Regenerative business
Why are businesses important in the regenerative movement? Businesses are the link between resources which come from the land...
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In Search of Sacred Ground: Regenerative Agriculture’s Lessons for the Whole of our Lives

2018-12-20 09:00:48
Written by Michelle Holliday

Recently, I had the privilege of participating in the first Annual General Meeting of Regeneration Canada, an organization dedicated...
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Putting Soil First: Healing the Divide Between Conventional and Organic Farmers

2018-12-13 08:30:17
Written by Ananda Fitszimmons

Carbon SequestrationNo-tillOrganic
We all feel the urgency of the call to action to prevent catastrophic climate change by changing the way...
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6 reasons why we need to protect our soils

2018-12-05 09:00:34
Written by Sarah Barsalou

Carbon SequestrationEvents
World Soil Day is an annual international event held on December 5th by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of...
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Here’s how we’re offsetting the carbon footprint of our 2017 Living Soils Symposium

2018-11-29 09:30:47
Written by Antonious Petro

AgroforestryCarbon SequestrationEvents
The first edition of the Living Soils Symposium took place in October 2017. This initiative, which originated from a...
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Showing the power of a citizens’ movement: The Erin Soil Health Coalition

2018-11-22 10:30:56
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Carbon Sequestration
A group of concerned citizens in and around Erin, Ontario have created a movement around regenerative agriculture. The momentum...
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[VIDEO] How 30 Years of No-till Gets This Farmer Higher Yields Than Average

2018-11-15 09:00:41
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

No-tillSoil Guardians
Organic: not necessarily the solution for soil health? We tend to associate the idea of caring for the soil...
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Understanding the Carbon Cycle to Reverse Climate Change

2018-11-08 09:00:41
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Carbon Sequestration
Most people understand that climate change is driven by the burning of fossil fuels and that there is too...
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[VIDEO] How This Farmer Raises Beef to Combat Climate Change

2018-11-01 10:00:17
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

LivestockSoil Guardians
Most people have heard that eating meat is an important contributor to climate change. Yet there is an important...
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Why the New Green Revolution is Based on Biology

2018-10-25 08:00:36
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Biology
After the second world war, industrial agriculture was born. It was called the Green Revolution and it was based...
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[VIDEO] Why this Farmer Swears by Compost Tea and a Microscope: Les Jardins D’Ambroisie

2018-10-19 10:00:45
Written by Ananda Fitzsimmons

Compost teaMarket gardeningMicroscopeSoil Guardians
In the sweltering heat of last July, we went with the crew of Parafilms to shoot our Soil Guardians...
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How We Got 400 People Talking About Soil as a Climate Solution

2018-10-10 16:05:45
Written by Gabrielle Bastien

EventsSymposium
One year ago almost to the day was the launch of the Living Soils Symposium Montreal, yet we still...
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Regeneration Canada's main office is located on unceded Indigenous lands. The Kanien’kehá:ka are recognized as the custodians of these lands and waters. Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal is known as a historic gathering place for many Indigenous peoples. 

Regeneration Canada is committed to taking action to regenerate land and water while acknowledging and respecting Indigenous knowledge that ensures thriving for all beings.

We are dedicated to continuously educating ourselves and the communities we serve about the true history of this place.