Projects
Proof of practice is core to the Soil Heroes Foundation’s Mission.
Learn more about the projects we are running to trial regenerative agricultural practices, and their impacts.
A Business Case for Compost
Is there a business case for making large quantities of on farm compost for regenerative farmers? Compost is a much written about, much debated subject, often talked about in revered
Research Project: Nutrient density
Does regeneratively grown food yield higher nutrient value than conventionally grown crops? The Nutrient Density research project is a side-by-side comparison of regenerative and conventional farming practices on a commercial
Functional Biodiversity to Improve Resilience
Can we increase biodiversity while growing food for people at scale? Regenerative agriculture includes a toolbox of practices which have the potential to not only reverse the decline in our
Research Project: Water Holding Capacity
Is it possible to quantify the improvement in soil’s water retention capacity with regenerative farming practices? The soil’s water holding (or retention) capacity is the amount of water that a
In 2020, we wrote the first edition of this guidebook to answer a single, pressing question we received from growers everywhere: “What exactly is regenerative farming?”
As the term grew in popularity, many struggled to understand what “soil-centric farming” actually looked like in real, everyday operations. To clear the confusion, we teamed up with our research partners to map out 20 core regenerative farming practices based on the real-world management of Klompe Farm—a large-scale, 350-hectare arable partner farm in the Netherlands.
Now, after six additional years of rigorous proof-of-practice trials, field research, and continuous learning, we are opening the playbook even further.
