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If you missed our April Newsletter last week, you can check it out here! https://lnkd.in/gsiHrQqQ Find our new merch drop, some upcoming events, exclusive content around the Common Ground film and more! Sign up to get our monthly newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gNJWfGxA

Check out April's newsletter with links from an event we hosted with Patrick Smith on soil health incentives, hot takes on the SBTi kerfuffle, a farmer engagement manager position we're hiring for, and a good Mark Twain quote. Thanks Dan Kane for the reference. We're thrilled to be collaborating with Mad Agriculture to tackle complex challenges in this landscape. https://lnkd.in/g8pFabzu

We worked with Colorado local artist Bobby Peavey to design a limited edition and sustainable sweatshirt for the folks out there who want to put their madness on display. Made from 100% Reclaimed Waste Cotton, this unisex sweatshirt was created to celebrate Mad Ag’s wild side. To embrace biodiversity is to embrace abundance. A nod to the idea that sometimes more is more. Buying this merch directly supports our mission to catalyze a regenerative revolution in agriculture. https://lnkd.in/gaddi8ea

Join us as we welcome Michael Thiele, Founder and Executive Director of Apis Arborea, to a community potluck in Longmont, CO! Michael is a pioneering figure in apiculture and honeybee conservation, teaches internationally, and is coming to town to work with some of our local farms. Mad Agriculture’s Executive Director Philip Taylor, Ph.D. and DAR’s Co-Founder Nick DiDomenico will join Michael in a fireside chat following dinner to learn more about Michael’s view of honeybees as “edge walkers," operating beyond conventional boundaries and offering us an opportunity to shift from ego-system awareness to eco-system awareness. Michael’s perspective has a lot to teach us in our journey moving from reductionist, industrial agriculture to regenerative organic farming. Guests are encouraged to bring enough food and drink for themselves and to share. Additional libations will be provided by some local favorites @Lefthand Brewery and Suerte Tequila. Following the fireside chat, we will have live music from local band, Avasso! This event is free to the public, but please be sure to reserve your spot. Attendance caps at 100 guests, and this event will book out! https://lnkd.in/dSeqzbzJ

Financing the Future of Regenerative Organic Farming If we want to convert more farmland in the U.S. to regenerative organic, it is going to require something that gets very little attention -- more access to credit. This is precisely the problem that Mad Capital is attempting to solve with its new $50M fund, and the demand for these loans is off the charts. Organic Insider has the story. https://lnkd.in/eUaN2cz5 #organic #organicfood #organicfarmland Elizabeth Candelario Brandon Welch Mad Agriculture Regenerative Organic Alliance Rodale Institute

As Common Ground (Movie) reaches more and more audiences across the nation, pausing to reflect on the process and intention behind the film is a powerful way to honor the scale of the film's impact. Jonnah Mellenthin Perkins of Mad Agriculture sat down with Common Ground film maker, Josh Tickell to learn about what drives his work and what's on the horizon for his production company, Big Picture Ranch. “What we proposed was that there was a way to make a film about the environment specifically that advocated from the perspective of Earth. If Earth had a voice, if Earth had a vote, if the planet was talking and saying, "Listen, humans, I want to empower you to make some choices," it would give options, and in a sort of parental way, a very maternal way, would nurture the part of our brain that understands that we are actually in a harmonious or disharmonious relationship with nature.” - Josh Tickell https://lnkd.in/d3qezGN2

For our Colorado folks, please join us Thursday, April 25th in the field with Flatiron Farmer Coalition. Learn from Clark Harshbarger of Mad Agriculture and Krisan Christensen of Wildwell Spring about how to select seed mixes from different uses, when to plant, and methods to terminate your cover crops! The presentation and field-visit hybrid will be packed with info. https://lnkd.in/gYxNjbJj

Looking for a way to engage with Earth Day today? The award-winning documentary film Common Ground is in 75+ AMC Theatres across the country for a one-day-only super screening, to galvanize the movement of healthy farms and food systems. On Thursday we are excited to share an exclusive interview with Common Ground filmmaker, Josh Tickell, on our online Mad Ag Journal. https://lnkd.in/eEQb446C

So excited to be collaborating with New Seasons Market and Athena Petty and 25+ amazing brands who are directly funding regenerative practice implementation with every in-store purchase for the entire month of April! This marks the launch of our work on collective regeneration in the Northwest, so stay tuned for news on farm projects in the supply chains of Tillamook County Creamery Association, Bob's Red Mill, Organically Grown Company and more in the coming months! And special thanks to Mad Agriculture and Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment for catalyzing this launch! https://lnkd.in/gkXxjhWy

Elizabeth Candelario has been working with the students at New York University to make the Regenerative NYC conference a reality. She’ll be participating in a panel discussion “Building a Regenerative Supply Chain,” with some of her favorite colleagues Joe Dickson, Wyatt Ball and Paloma Lopez. Thanks to Cortlandt Meyerson, Jackson Baris and Why Regenerative for bringing together this phenomenal group of regenerative advocates for a critical and thoughtful day of conversation. Interested in attending? Use code “ELIZABETH" for a 10% discount. Farmers also get 50% off with code “FARMER” NGOs/Nonprofits get 15% off with “NGO/NONPROFIT” https://lnkd.in/epymXyWX