NAR – Regenative Food Business!
It is with great pleasure that we announce that Horta da Terra is part of NAR – Regenerative Food Business!
It is a consortium for regeneration and is the result of a collective construction by a consortium of different Latin American organizations that believe in the positive transformation of food systems for the regeneration of landscapes and societies. Currently, the consortium is made up of 10 Organizations linked through the NAR Project: Regenerative Food Business and Investment with a Gender Lens: Regeneration for a Better Reconstruction of the Amazon and the Central American Dry Corridor of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Nar Consortium
The objective of the initiative that forms part of the Consortium is to respond to urgent, global problems that are especially present in the Latin American context. We are currently experiencing a climate crisis that directly affects food systems, especially the populations that have historically been at the base of this system’s functioning.
The sovereignty and food and nutritional security of this chain is weakened at different levels, from the production or collection of these foods to their consumption. There are games of interest in the public and private spheres that often drive this crisis.
To face this condition and manage to reverse the scenario of socio-environmental degradation, it is necessary to strengthen the productive landscapes and the entire value chain associated with businesses and initiatives that seek ways to regenerate their territories and the associated ecological and social context, mainly at the local level. and regional, promoting short value chains and fair markets.
Birth of the Nar Consortium
The NAR Consortium was born within the scope of the Regenerative Food Business and Investment with a Gender Lens Project: regeneration for better reconstruction of the Amazon and the Central American Dry Corridor of Latin America and the Caribbean, funded by IDRC Canada and coordinated by the AVINA Foundation.
Our objective is to provide, through the HUB and other parallel spaces, the dissemination of learning and knowledge generated by this Consortium throughout the Project.
We also hope to facilitate the building of bridges for fruitful interactions between food businesses that are in different stages of the regenerative process and other actors interested in investing and supporting these initiatives to follow their objective, evolve their actions and regenerate landscapes and their different realities.
About Regenerative Agriculture
It is essential that we are able to discuss how farmers are adopting sustainable and regenerative practices to improve soil health and increase the productivity of their land. We can explore different techniques such as crop rotation, composting and mulching, and highlight the economic and environmental benefits of these practices.
One thing is for sure: regenerative agriculture is shaping the industry!
It is undoubtedly becoming a growing trend in the agriculture industry and we can address how consumers are becoming more aware of where food comes from and the importance of sustainability, and how agriculture businesses are adapting to these demands. We can also highlight examples of companies that are leading the way in regenerative agriculture.
It is also important to highlight how small farmers are making a difference, taking on and playing a crucial role in the adoption of regenerative agriculture. We hear inspiring stories daily from farmers who are implementing sustainable practices on their farms, even with limited resources.
Without a doubt, we can see regenerative agriculture as a great solution to the climate crisis! In addition to taking on an important role in mitigating climate change, we can discuss how regenerative practices can help capture carbon from the air and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as improve the resilience of crops in the face of extreme weather events.
Fortunately, we also have studies and research that support the effectiveness of this practice.
For those unfamiliar, Horta da Terra is a startup producing non-conventional food plants (called PANCs). In addition to working with Amazonian plants, we produce in a syntropic system, in which we plant fruits, vegetables and legumes in the same area, which increases productivity and reduces the need to use agricultural inputs.
In 2021, the initiative received investment from the Amazon Biodiversity Fund (ABF-Brasil), co-created by USAID, Mirova and Alliance. As part of the fund’s impact monitoring program – both in relation to environmental and social actions – Horta da Terra will be evaluated using an innovative methodology to calculate the environmental impact associated with the implementation of sustainable practices.
TerraBio is a monitoring, evaluation and analysis approach to generate evidence on environmental impacts for companies that sell forest products, sustainable agriculture and invest in sustainable business models. The tool integrates state-of-the-art sensing technologies with innovative data collection techniques on biodiversity.
See everything in the video and understand more about the richness of this combination of technology and biodiversity!