Tag: soil health

Henry Rowlands – Listening the world’s soil heart beat cheaply, audibly, in real time

4th August 2023 koenvanseijen Farmers First Tech, Landscape Design 2.0, Regenerative Agriculture 0 Comments

A conversation with Henry Rowlands, CEO of Soil in Formation (SIF) about how to measure a holistic set of parameters related to soil risks and soil health accurately, in-situ and in real time by using electrochemical sensors and more. Soil in Formation (SIF) is on the verge of making it possible to measure a holistic set of parameters related to soil risks and soil health accurately, in-situ and in real-time by using electrochemical sensors that are set to enable the auditable measurement of soil carbon and soil health.

Nicole Masters and Abby Rose on how tech can enable an army of creative thinking farmers

10th May 2022 koenvanseijen Farmers First Tech, Regenerative Agriculture 0 Comments

A conversation with Abby Rose, co-founder of Vidacycle Tech and co-host of Farmerama, and Nicole Masters, founder of Integrity Soils and writer of ‘For the Love of Soil’. They talk about the Soilmentor Regen Platform, empowering farmers, mindset shift, observation and critical thinking.

Mellany Klompe, leading regen farmer going all in on nutrient density

31st August 2021 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Ecosystem Services Payments, Farmers First Tech, Nutrient Dense Food, Nutrients to Soil, Regenerative Agriculture, Role of Animals, Short Food Webs 2 Comments

A conversation with Mellany Klompe, the Co-founder of Soil Heroes and the Director of the Soil Heroes Foundation about how measuring nutrient density is key towards having farmers as well as consumers on board with regenerative transition.

Elizabeth Whitlow on how to change the ag world with the gold standard of regen certification

16th February 2021 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Ecosystem Services Payments, Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 6 Comments

What essentially is regenerative agriculture and is there a label for it? Can yet another certification change the agriculture world? In this episode of Investing in Regenerative Agriculture, ​Elizabeth Whitlow​ helps us make sense of these questions.

Cathryn Couch served 1m medically tailored meals to low income people with health challenges

19th January 2021 koenvanseijen Diet Change, Nutrient Dense Food, Regenerative Agriculture, Short Food Webs 2 Comments

Cathryn Couch has served over one million organic medically tailored meals to low income people struggling from health challenges. Cathryn is the founder and CEO for Ceres Community Project, a non-profit organization working to foster health by connecting people to one another and to a healthier food system.

Russ Conser on using birds to sell climate positive beef and why regeneration is inevitable

7th July 2020 koenvanseijen Nutrient Dense Food, Nutrients to Soil, Regenerative Agriculture, Role of Animals 5 Comments

Russ Cosner, co-founder of StandardSoil and BlueNest Beef, talks about the potential of soil carbon in regenerative agriculture, the role of regenerative entrepreneurs and the science behind livestock farming.

Is Transition Finance key for every farmer?

26th May 2020 koenvanseijen Farmers First Tech, Landscape Design 2.0, Regenerative Agriculture, Transition finance 4 Comments

Does a farmer need transition finance to start or speed up his regenerative transition? Benedikt Bösel and Koen van Seijen dug deeper into the connection between farm profitability and regenerative agriculture practices, with the co-founder and COO of Soil Capital, Nicolas Verschuere.

What kind of systems thinking is necessary to design investment products?

28th April 2020 koenvanseijen Regenerative Agriculture, Transition finance 3 Comments

Robyn O’Brien of rePlant Capital is the third guest of the Transition Finance for Farmers Series. A discussion on the crucial role of farmers and investments.

Yasmine Svan on why a 1.3 trillion asset manager is asking questions about soil health

31st January 2020 koenvanseijen Investor Stories, Ownership, Regenerative Agriculture 0 Comments

Yasmine Svan is Sustainability Analyst at Legal & General Investment Management, one of the largest asset mangers in Europe.

Nicolas Verschuere @ Groundswell – How regenerating soil health can improve farm profitability from year one

3rd July 2019 koenvanseijen Regenerative Agriculture, Transition finance 2 Comments

After Nicolas Verschuere’s panel at Groundswell on “How regenerating soil health can improve farm profitability from year one”, we dive a bit deeper into the start of the regenerative transition.