By Joel Salatin Every few years, a new buzzword must be invented to describe ecologically responsible agriculture.
In the beginning, it was “organic.” Then it was “sustainable.” Today it’s “regenerative.”
Organic gradually fell out of favor because it was not broad enough. It did not capture the benefits of soil development.
Viewed over time as a system of don’ts, the word failed to showcase positive practices.
And once the government owned the word through regulation, its value plummeted fast with industrial “greenwashing.”
So, organic gave way to sustainable.
This may have been an improvement because it sought to answer the question of perpetuity. Could the system actually survive and …read more
