This year, Regeneration International celebrated a decade of collective action — ten years of grassroots organizing, global solidarity, and soil-deep transformation. Our partner network has now grown to more than 700 organizations.
From the front lines in Belém, Regeneration International’s Mercedes López takes a hard look at COP30 — tracing the UN climate summit’s history, contradictions, and limits — and dares us to rethink where genuine transformation comes from.
This is an edited version of an article commissioned by the editor of The Organic Standard (TOS), who was curious about why, as a long-time leader in the organic sector and a former President of IFOAM-Organics International, I became one of the leaders and founders of the international regenerative movement.
As the world marks the International Day of Rural Women (October 15) and prepares to celebrate World Food Day tomorrow (October 16), two moments that remind us that there is no food, no water, and no climate stability without rural women. Regeneration International stands in solidarity with the women who nourish their communities, those whose labour, care, and wisdom sustain the earth’s living systems. Across the world, rural women are the heart of food systems and raising families. They are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, yet they remain the first line of defence against it. Having different roles as agro-pastoralists, crop farmers, and fisherwomen; custodians of the land, livestock, and water that hold our shared future.
Two recent studies reveal that even tiny amounts of chlorpyrifos, a common pesticide that leaves residues on produce, can cause brain damage in unborn and developing children. This exposure occurs from consuming fresh fruits and vegetables that have been treated with this toxic insecticide. The latest review into Autism has ignored the effects of pesticides in the development of this and related diseases. Exposure to small amounts of pesticides in food can harm the brain's normal development, leading to a range of serious issues observed in children, including autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other developmental and behavioral challenges.
The article,” Neither Conventional nor GMO. What’s the Place of ‘New Genomic Techniques’ in Organic Agriculture?” was inserted by error into the Regeneration International newsletter. We strongly disagree with this article for several reasons.This article is a GMO industry reiteration of many similar articles they have used to lobby industry, governments, and consumers to get the newer methods of modifying genetic material in plants and animals (‘new genomic techniques’ or ‘NGTs’) not classified as GMOs.
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In this special 10-year anniversary conversation, we revisit the pivotal moment when farmers, scientists, and organizers from around the world came together to chart a new path for food, farming, and the planet. Join four founding members of Regeneration International: Mercedes López Martínez, Dr. André Leu, Ercilia Sahores, and Precious Phiri, as they reflect on what brought them together in 2014, the shared vision that sparked a movement, and the early strategies and struggles that shaped what we now know as “regeneration.”