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Establish biodiverse, regenerative agricultural systems

Farms everywhere grow food in ways that rebuild soil, water and wildlife.

9 organizations tracked  ·  0 vetted

The goal in brief

GoalFarms everywhere grow food in ways that rebuild soil, water and wildlife.

of crop output from just 9 plant species2
66%
of greenhouse gases come from food systems4
34%
of land less productive due to degradation1
23%

Why it matters

Farming now takes up more than a third of Earth’s land and nearly 75% of its freshwater,1 and just nine crop species make up 66% of all crop production.2 Biodiverse, regenerative farms grow food while rebuilding soil, protecting water, and making room for pollinators and wildlife.

How we’ll know it’s done

Finish line
All farmland under productive, sustainable agriculture, the 2030 aim of SDG target 2.4.3
What counts
Farms where soil health, water quality and wildlife improve while harvests hold steady or grow.
How it’s checked
FAO’s tracking of farmland under productive, sustainable agriculture (SDG indicator 2.4.1), plus soil and biodiversity surveys on farms.
Our part
We’ll fund this once our vetting team vets an organization working on it.

What follows

  • Deeper, healthier topsoil that holds more water and carbon.E-06Regenerate the global topsoil
  • Flowering hedgerows and fewer pesticides, so pollinators can recover.W-03Protect global pollinators
  • Harvests that hold up better through droughts, floods and pests.H-01Eliminate global hunger and malnutrition
  • Lower emissions from farming and land clearing.E-08Establish global climate equilibrium
  • Less fertilizer washing into rivers and seas, where it feeds dead zones.O-06Protect and regenerate key ocean ecosystems

How it can be solved

The approaches to this goal, and how many of the organizations taking each one we’ve vetted.

  • Farmer transition support

    Training and supporting farmers to move to regenerative practices.

    2 organizations

  • Regenerative agroforestry

    Farms that grow trees, crops and grazing together, building soil as they go.

    2 organizations

  • Permaculture and food forests

    Community food forests and permaculture gardens, and the courses that teach them.

    3 organizations

  • Rooftop and urban farms

    Growing food on city rooftops and empty lots.

    1 organization

  • Organic supply chains

    Getting organic and regenerative produce from growers to shoppers.

    1 organization

Who’s working on it

We only call a solution proven, measurable and scalable once our vetting team has vetted it. Everything else here, the team is tracking.

Vetted0 organizationsReviewed by our vetting team, and passed all three tests.

  • Proven

    It has worked, with results to show.

  • Measurable

    Its impact can be counted.

  • Scalable

    It can grow toward the size of the goal.

None on this goal yet. When our vetting team vets an organization working on it, it appears here with its vetting report.

Not vetted9 organizationsTracked by our vetting team. Not vetted yet, so we make no claims about them.

Listing an organization isn’t an endorsement. Not vetted means just that: our vetting team is tracking it, and we make no claims about it yet. Last reviewed October 2026.

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Sources

  1. 1. IPBES, “Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’” (Global Assessment media release), IPBES (2019) (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2. FAO, “The State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture” (key facts), FAO (2019) (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3. United Nations, “Goal 2: Zero Hunger, Targets and Indicators,” UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2015) (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4. Crippa et al., “Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions,” Nature Food (2021) (opens in a new tab)