Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative agriculture is a system of farming that aims to conserve and enhance the soil health, organic matter and biodiversity. The principles of regenerative agriculture can help to improve farm sustainability and resilience, such as improving soil structure to buffer against periods of heavy rainfall, or increasing the biodiversity of crops to help with pest and disease management in arable crops. 

Regenerative agriculture (or 'regen ag' for short), has been adopted into Scottish agricultural policy going forward, and is recognised as an important framework for supporting Scottish farm businesses as well as meeting environmental targets.

While the terminology is relatively new, many practices incorporate tried and tested methods in agroecological and organic farming. This section signposts to resources on regenerative agriculture across the Farm Advisory Service, including our dedicated video playlist.