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	Some of the claims by Regenerative Agriculture advocates lean heavily on pseudoscience.		Some of the claims by Regenerative Agriculture advocates lean heavily on pseudoscience.

	One of the primary claims of Regen Ag is that ruminants, especially bovines, can be used to sequester carbon~~, locking it in~~ the soil, and so helping to reverse CO2e induced climate pollution. This claim was popularised by Allan Savory, in a Ted Talk given in 2013<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Savory</ref>. Since his talk the claim has been studied and debunked. A 2016 study published by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences found the actual rate at which Savory's proposed grazing management could contribute to carbon sequestration is seven times lower than his claims. The study concludes that holistic grazing management cannot reverse climate change<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309589057_Holistic_management_-_a_critical_review_of_Allan_Savory's_grazing_method</ref>, while a study by the Food and Climate Research Network in 2017 concluded that Savory's claims about carbon sequestration are "unrealistic" and very different from those issued by peer-reviewed studies<ref>https://www.tabledebates.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/fcrn_gnc_report.pdf</ref>.		One of the primary claims of Regen Ag is that ruminants, especially bovines, can be used to sequester carbon back into the soil and so helping to reverse CO2e-induced climate pollution. This claim was popularised by Allan Savory in a Ted Talk given in 2013<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Savory</ref>. Since his talk the claim has been studied and debunked. A 2016 study published by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences found the actual rate at which Savory's proposed grazing management could contribute to carbon sequestration is seven times lower than his claims. The study concludes that holistic grazing management cannot reverse climate change<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309589057_Holistic_management_-_a_critical_review_of_Allan_Savory's_grazing_method</ref>, while a study by the Food and Climate Research Network in 2017 concluded that Savory's claims about carbon sequestration are "unrealistic" and very different from those issued by peer-reviewed studies<ref>https://www.tabledebates.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/fcrn_gnc_report.pdf</ref>.

	More broadly, soil scientists have challenged the ~~claim~~ that ruminants can be employed to sequester carbon at all, due to new understandings of soil composition ~~that suggest that~~ carbon is only 'locked' in soil temporarily, before being released back into the atmosphere through the process of bio-decomposition<ref>https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-soil-science-revolution-upends-plans-to-fight-climate-change-20210727/</ref>. This new understanding of soil asserts there is no such thing as the traditionally described 'humus' layer.		More broadly, soil scientists have challenged the notion that ruminants can be employed to permanently sequester carbon at all, due to new understandings of soil composition suggesting carbon is only 'locked' in soil temporarily before being released back into the atmosphere through the process of bio-decomposition<ref>https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-soil-science-revolution-upends-plans-to-fight-climate-change-20210727/</ref>. This new understanding of soil asserts there is no such thing as the traditionally described 'humus' layer.

	Further criticism has investigated the wide co-option of Regenerative Agriculture by large industrial agriculture conglomerates as part of 'greenwashing' campaigns, further noting that there is no viable ecosystem regeneration through grazing introduced species, nor handover from farmer to ecosystem once the supposed restoration has taken place<ref>https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ranching</ref>.		Further criticism has investigated the wide co-option of Regenerative Agriculture by large industrial agriculture conglomerates as part of 'greenwashing' campaigns, further noting that there is no viable ecosystem regeneration through grazing introduced species, nor handover from farmer to ecosystem once the supposed restoration has taken place<ref>https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ranching</ref>.

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Criticism

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	Some of the claims by Regenerative Agriculture advocates lean heavily on pseudoscience.		Some of the claims by Regenerative Agriculture advocates lean heavily on pseudoscience.

	One of the primary claims of Regen Ag is that ruminants, especially bovines, can be used to sequester carbon, locking it in the soil, and so helping to reverse CO2e induced climate pollution. This claim was popularised by Allan Savory, in a Ted Talk given in 2013<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Savory</ref>. Since his talk the claim has been studied and debunked. A 2016 study published by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences found the actual rate at which Savory's proposed grazing management could contribute to carbon sequestration is seven times lower than his claims. The study concludes that holistic ~~land~~ management cannot reverse climate change<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309589057_Holistic_management_-_a_critical_review_of_Allan_Savory's_grazing_method</ref>, while a study by the Food and Climate Research Network in 2017 concluded that Savory's claims about carbon sequestration are "unrealistic" and very different from those issued by peer-reviewed studies<ref>https://www.tabledebates.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/fcrn_gnc_report.pdf</ref>.		One of the primary claims of Regen Ag is that ruminants, especially bovines, can be used to sequester carbon, locking it in the soil, and so helping to reverse CO2e induced climate pollution. This claim was popularised by Allan Savory, in a Ted Talk given in 2013<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Savory</ref>. Since his talk the claim has been studied and debunked. A 2016 study published by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences found the actual rate at which Savory's proposed grazing management could contribute to carbon sequestration is seven times lower than his claims. The study concludes that holistic grazing management cannot reverse climate change<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309589057_Holistic_management_-_a_critical_review_of_Allan_Savory's_grazing_method</ref>, while a study by the Food and Climate Research Network in 2017 concluded that Savory's claims about carbon sequestration are "unrealistic" and very different from those issued by peer-reviewed studies<ref>https://www.tabledebates.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/fcrn_gnc_report.pdf</ref>.

	More broadly, soil scientists have challenged the claim that ruminants can be employed to sequester carbon at all, due to new understandings of soil composition that suggest that ~~while all~~ carbon in soil ~~is held, it is only temporary~~, before being released back into the atmosphere through the process of bio-decomposition<ref>https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-soil-science-revolution-upends-plans-to-fight-climate-change-20210727/</ref>. This new understanding of soil asserts there is no such thing as the traditionally described 'humus' layer.		More broadly, soil scientists have challenged the claim that ruminants can be employed to sequester carbon at all, due to new understandings of soil composition that suggest that carbon is only 'locked' in soil temporarily, before being released back into the atmosphere through the process of bio-decomposition<ref>https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-soil-science-revolution-upends-plans-to-fight-climate-change-20210727/</ref>. This new understanding of soil asserts there is no such thing as the traditionally described 'humus' layer.

	Further criticism has investigated the wide co-option of Regenerative Agriculture by large industrial agriculture conglomerates as part of 'greenwashing' campaigns, further noting that there is no viable ecosystem regeneration through grazing introduced species, nor handover from farmer to ecosystem once the supposed restoration has taken place<ref>https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ranching</ref>.		Further criticism has investigated the wide co-option of Regenerative Agriculture by large industrial agriculture conglomerates as part of 'greenwashing' campaigns, further noting that there is no viable ecosystem regeneration through grazing introduced species, nor handover from farmer to ecosystem once the supposed restoration has taken place<ref>https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ranching</ref>.

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Criticism

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	Some of the claims by Regenerative Agriculture advocates lean heavily on pseudoscience.		Some of the claims by Regenerative Agriculture advocates lean heavily on pseudoscience.

	One of the primary claims of Regen Ag is that ruminants, especially bovines, can be used to sequester carbon, locking it in the soil, and so helping to reverse CO2e induced climate pollution. This claim was popularised by Allan Savory, in a Ted Talk given in 2013<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Savory</ref>. Since his talk the claim has been studied and debunked. A 2016 study published by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences found the actual rate at which Savory's proposed grazing management could contribute to carbon sequestration is seven times lower than his claims. The study concludes that holistic management cannot reverse climate change<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309589057_Holistic_management_-_a_critical_review_of_Allan_Savory's_grazing_method</ref>, while a study by the Food and Climate Research Network in 2017 concluded that Savory's claims about carbon sequestration are "unrealistic" and very different from those issued by peer-reviewed studies<ref>https://www.tabledebates.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/fcrn_gnc_report.pdf</ref>.		One of the primary claims of Regen Ag is that ruminants, especially bovines, can be used to sequester carbon, locking it in the soil, and so helping to reverse CO2e induced climate pollution. This claim was popularised by Allan Savory, in a Ted Talk given in 2013<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Savory</ref>. Since his talk the claim has been studied and debunked. A 2016 study published by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences found the actual rate at which Savory's proposed grazing management could contribute to carbon sequestration is seven times lower than his claims. The study concludes that holistic land management cannot reverse climate change<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309589057_Holistic_management_-_a_critical_review_of_Allan_Savory's_grazing_method</ref>, while a study by the Food and Climate Research Network in 2017 concluded that Savory's claims about carbon sequestration are "unrealistic" and very different from those issued by peer-reviewed studies<ref>https://www.tabledebates.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/fcrn_gnc_report.pdf</ref>.

	More broadly, soil scientists have challenged the claim that ruminants can be employed to sequester carbon at all, due to new understandings of soil composition that suggest ~~there is no biomolecule that cannot be broken down, and~~ that all carbon in soil is held ~~but~~ only ~~temporarily~~, before being released back into the atmosphere through the process of bio-decomposition<ref>https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-soil-science-revolution-upends-plans-to-fight-climate-change-20210727/</ref>.		More broadly, soil scientists have challenged the claim that ruminants can be employed to sequester carbon at all, due to new understandings of soil composition that suggest that while all carbon in soil is held, it is only temporary, before being released back into the atmosphere through the process of bio-decomposition<ref>https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-soil-science-revolution-upends-plans-to-fight-climate-change-20210727/</ref>. This new understanding of soil asserts there is no such thing as the traditionally described 'humus' layer.

	Further criticism has investigated the wide co-option of Regenerative Agriculture by large industrial agriculture conglomerates as part of a 'greenwashing' ~~campaign~~, further noting that there is no viable ecosystem regeneration through grazing introduced species, nor handover from farmer to ecosystem once the supposed restoration has taken place<ref>https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ranching</ref>.		Further criticism has investigated the wide co-option of Regenerative Agriculture by large industrial agriculture conglomerates as part of 'greenwashing' campaigns, further noting that there is no viable ecosystem regeneration through grazing introduced species, nor handover from farmer to ecosystem once the supposed restoration has taken place<ref>https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ranching</ref>.

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=Introduction=

Regenerative Agriculture is referred to as a set of conservation and rehabilitation practices for food and farming systems. While various aspects of what we know today as 'regenerative' or 'restorative' agriculture have been practiced by indigenous peoples for a very long time, it is today cited as an environmentally responsible trajectory for revolutionising our existing farming systems.

=Criticism=

Some of the claims by Regenerative Agriculture advocates lean heavily on pseudoscience.

One of the primary claims of Regen Ag is that ruminants, especially bovines, can be used to sequester carbon, locking it in the soil, and so helping to reverse CO2e induced climate pollution. This claim was popularised by Allan Savory, in a Ted Talk given in 2013<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Savory</ref>. Since his talk the claim has been studied and debunked. A 2016 study published by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences found the actual rate at which Savory's proposed grazing management could contribute to carbon sequestration is seven times lower than his claims. The study concludes that holistic management cannot reverse climate change<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309589057_Holistic_management_-_a_critical_review_of_Allan_Savory's_grazing_method</ref>, while a study by the Food and Climate Research Network in 2017 concluded that Savory's claims about carbon sequestration are "unrealistic" and very different from those issued by peer-reviewed studies<ref>https://www.tabledebates.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/fcrn_gnc_report.pdf</ref>.

More broadly, soil scientists have challenged the claim that ruminants can be employed to sequester carbon at all, due to new understandings of soil composition that suggest there is no biomolecule that cannot be broken down, and that all carbon in soil is held but only temporarily, before being released back into the atmosphere through the process of bio-decomposition<ref>https://www.quantamagazine.org/a-soil-science-revolution-upends-plans-to-fight-climate-change-20210727/</ref>.

Further criticism has investigated the wide co-option of Regenerative Agriculture by large industrial agriculture conglomerates as part of a 'greenwashing' campaign, further noting that there is no viable ecosystem regeneration through grazing introduced species, nor handover from farmer to ecosystem once the supposed restoration has taken place<ref>https://newrepublic.com/article/163735/myth-regenerative-ranching</ref>.

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