Regenerative agriculture is concerned with regenerating soils to boost the natural processes which support productive and sustainable farming. As healthy soils can be carbon sinks, this can benefit both farmers and the climate.

Climate change poses a real and present danger to human society and global biodiversity and habitat – and agriculture is on the front line. Yet not only does agriculture have the potential to act as a net emitter of greenhouse gases, but it also has the potential to act as a net sink through careful management of its biomass and soils.

AgriCaptureCO2 is an EU Horizon 2020 project consisting of 14 consortium partners across 7 European countries running from 2021-2023. The aim is to develop and launch a commercial software platform that facilitates zero emission aspirations on a large scale, by empowering regenerative agriculture and measuring and monitoring resulting soil carbon sequestration via remote sensing (satellite observation) backed up by robust ground-truthing (soil sampling).

AgriCapture’s vision is to develop a systematic, robust & flexible platform for quantifying and promoting soil carbon capture, allowing farmers and other landowners to become ‘carbon farmers’ and to enable them to engage in carbon trading utilising robust and reliable carbon credits demonstrating strong ‘additionality’ in agricultural practice – to ensure that positive climate outcomes are being achieved.

As the agricultural lead in the consortium, the Allerton Project is leading the establishment of a ‘European Reg Agri Community’ (ERAC) to help farmers adopt more sustainable, regenerative farming practices across the full range of European agriculture, from Cretan olive groves to large-scale arable cropping in Poland. This entails the creation of extensive training resources, videos, podcasts and events to encourage the move toward more sustainable farming practices.

Join the Regenerative Agriculture Community

You can register your interest in joining the European Regenerative Agriculture Community (ERAC).

Advice & Guidance

What is regenerative agriculture (RA)?   

Regenerative agriculture has no set definition – unlike, for example, organic production which has a regulatory basis and official certifying bodies and rules. However, it is generally accepted that RA is a whole-systems approach to farm and landscape management which focusses on the soil and soil health, recognising it as a farmer’s (and society’s) most valuable asset.

Regenerative Practices

Beneath the 5 core principles of regenerative agriculture, AgriCaptureCO2 has also agreed a list of 17 regenerative practices, split into 6 key modules: