ScaleUp Regenerative Agriculture

The Regenerative Agriculture Programme is a series of activities whose overall aim is to help farmers and agri-food businesses adopt this practice and raise public awareness of its inherent health, environmental and economic benefits.

The three fields of action in Europe that we aim to support is:

1. Support for European farmers in the transition to regenerative agriculture
2. Help the public see the benefits of the regenerative agriculture for their health and for the planet
3. Work with agri-food companies to accompany them in their transition towards regenerative practices. EIT Food offers the different players in the agri-food system transition plans to the different levels.

EIT Food is strategically supporting transitioning to more regenerative agriculture methods at farm-level in Europe to meet its climate change targets, food security needs, protect our farmland and build a healthier food system through the ScaleUp Regenerative Agriculture Programme (also referred as the “Programme”), which offers a comprehensive training and advisory program that helps farmers learn about and then apply the principles of regenerative agriculture on their farms.

The aims of the Programme are:

• Promotion of regenerative agriculture practices,

• Supporting farmers in applying those practices on their farms,

• Creating peer-to-peer community of support for transitioning farmers.

• Regenerative Agriculture: Diversifying Food Production for a More Resilient Future: A holistic approach featuring mixed livestock systems paired with market gardening and the natural, soil-building practices of Korean Natural Farming at Moy Hill Farm - 12th September 2025
• Regenerative Agriculture: Diversifying Food Production for a More Resilient Future: A holistic mixed livestock system ranging from forest raised pork to pasture raised egg and beef production and an overview of market gardening at Mulroy Meadow Farm - 14th September 2025
• Regenerative Agriculture Overview - Müllersteige 8, 74626 Bretzfeld, Southern Germany - November 10th - 11th 2025
• Regenerative Potato Production - 21335 Lüneburg, Northern Germany - December 11th - 12th 2025

Regenerative Agriculture is becoming increasingly popular because of how it benefits our food system. But what does this system of farming principles and practices achieve?

• Increases the biodiversity, improving the health of crops.

• Increases soil fertility, allowing for better water infiltration.

• Improves water basins and ecosystem services.

• Increases resilience to extreme meteorological phenomena and climate change.

• Produces quality food that is sustainable and accessible to all.

• Increases the profitability of farming, fostering natural cycles.

• Smallholders supply food products to the world, but farms between 1 and 2 hectares, which represent 84% of all farms, only control 12% of the world’s agricultural land.

• Meanwhile, the mega farms represent 1% of all farms, but control 65% of agricultural land.

• At a global level, 26% of greenhouse gases are produced by the agri-food sector. Regenerative practices improve the soil’s capacity to sequester atmospheric carbon and reduce its emission, reaching carbon-neutral balances.

• 70% of grassland is inert and unprofitable. Rotational or holistic grazing maximises the agroecological cycles between soil-plant-animal, enabling the microbiological processes of the soil to be re-established, increasing their fertility and profitability.