Regenerative farming is all about building healthier soil. But does healthier soil make our food

more nutritious? And by extension, does it make us healthier? Well, the answer turns out to be a

bit more complicated than you might think. Hello, I'm Monica Rineagle, and this is The Nutrition Diva Podcast, a show where we take a closer look at nutrition news, research, and trends, so that you can make more informed decisions about what you eat.

I recently had a fantastic opportunity to attend a conference on regenerative agriculture.

It was hosted by the Soil Health Academy.

This is a non-profit organization that educates and helps farmers and ranchers in adopting regenerative practices.

And the conference was held on Kinlock Farms, a family-owned farm in the beautiful rolling hills of northern Virginia, not far from Washington, D.C.

Kinlock is committed to conserving and restoring the land, the water, the native habitat, while at the same time running a cattle operation that is humane and environmentally responsible and profitable.

No small challenge, but one that they are meeting quite admirably.

I have never known a farm to have a full-time conservationist on staff.

Needless to say, I came away inspired. I've already started experimenting with some of

these practices in my own itty-bitty city vegetable plot, and I've also identified some regenerative

farmers in my area so that I can support this movement with my grocery dollars as well.

Shout out to Hidden Waters Farm in

Pikesville, Maryland. Because if we believe in the value of this approach, then we need to make

regenerative agriculture financially feasible for the farmers who are trying to better steward

the environment in this way.

One of the themes that was woven throughout this conference was the importance of context.

Because regenerative agriculture isn't about following a rigid set of rules, it's about

applying a set of practices thoughtfully in the context of each unique farm and ecosystem.

Ray Archiletta, one of the patron saints of this movement, expresses it this way.

Information is essential, but knowledge is information in context, which allows us to connect all the dots accurately

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