In the Subtle Energy storyline, regenerative agriculture is a practice that works with the invisible or non-material dimensions of farming systems to connect with the intelligence of nature and restore energy imbalances.

In the Agroecology and Food Sovereignty storyline, regenerative agriculture is about regenerating communities and having people democratically involved in the food system.

In the First Nations storyline, regenerative agriculture is a new name for practices that First Nations people have been doing for tens of thousands of years.

In the Deep Holism storyline, regenerative agriculture is a pathway for empathising with and experiencing ecosystems as inseparable from yourself.

In the Regenerative Cultures storyline, regenerative agriculture is a spiritually rich and emotionally fulfilling practice at the heart of regenerative, place-based cultures.

In the Regrarian Permaculture storyline, regenerative agriculture is about designing integrated farm systems that regenerate the land.

In the Regenerative Organic storyline, regenerative agriculture is about building on the tenets of organic agriculture to regenerate soil health, animal welfare and social fairness.

In the Big Picture Holism storyline, regenerative agriculture is about looking at how everything is connected on the farm to make good management decisions and enhance quality of life.

In the Restoration for Profit storyline, regenerative agriculture is about restoring soil health to increase productivity and profitability, whilst also reversing climate change.

This is the final presentation for my PhD research with the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney. In the research I explore the nine ways of storying regenerative agriculture and the implications for agricultural transformation in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss and other converging crises.

In this presentation, I explore regenerative agriculture and its potential to generate transformation in landscapes and mindscapes to deal with converging crises, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, and prevent the collapse of ecosystems.

In this podcast Regen Ray and I discuss my PhD research and the diversity of approaches to regenerative agriculture.

The plight of landscapes goes unseen because we have mostly lost the ‘ecological literacy’ required to read them.