Direct grants to small-scale farmers reduced transition risk for regenerative practices across 73,000 US acres in 2025. Now the work shifts from capital deployment to storytelling — connecting eaters to the human systems behind soil governance.
Kyle Bliffert's journey through the supplement industry traces a shift from theoretical wellness to practiced ecological stewardship. At Gaia Herbs' 270-acre Regenerative Organic Certified farm, governance becomes tangible — tested by hurricanes and fire alike.
The author of Regeneration and founder of Project Drawdown reflects on what regenerative agriculture actually means — not as branding exercise, but as practice that must be felt, verified, and embodied through direct relationship with land and living systems.
Over 20 hectares and 18,000 plants later, Jungle Project demonstrates how governance begins with land stewardship — training 22 farmers in regenerative agroforestry while building the market infrastructure to sustain it.