About Regeneration International Regeneration International , a tax-deductible nonprofit organization , was founded in June 2015 by worldrenowned eco-agriculturalist and author Vandana Shiva , Ph . D .; Hans Herren , President of the Millennium Institute and winner of the World Food Prize ; Andre Leu , President of IFOAM ; Tom Newmark , Co -founder of New Chapter and Carbon Underground ; Steve Rye , CEO of Mercola . com ; Ronnie Cummins , Director of Organic Consumers Association ; Renate Kunaste , Germany ’ s former Minister of Consumer Protection , Food and Agriculture ; and other leaders in sustainable food and agriculture .
RI ’ s goal is to provide practical resources , research and information in multiple languages so that farmers around the world can implement low-cost “ carbon farming ” methods that build healthy soils - and protect our planet from climate change . Research shows that regenerative agriculture can actually take carbon out of the atmosphere and sequester it into healthy soils - a big change compared to the fact that , by some estimates , conventional agriculture is responsible for 1 / 3 to 1 / 2 of all GHG emissions worldwide . Visit www . regenerationinternational . org .
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