Cutting edge research to transform agriculture with regenerative principles
Ecdysis Foundation is all about grower-focused research to transform agriculture with regenerative principles. Agricultural science is typically conducted and communicated to other scientists, rather than the farming community. At Ecdysis, we flip those priorities. Ecdysis has a strong emphasis on farmer-, rancher-, and beekeeper- driven research questions, and empowers growers by involving them in the actual research projects themselves.
Funded by grants and donations, all of our research is provided back to the farmers at no cost, with no strings attached. We host field days around the country to help others understand our findings, connect growers with each other, and make friends along the way.
Home of the
1000 Farms Initiative
Chances are, if you have heard of Ecdysis, you’ve heard of 1000 Farms —one of the most ambitious agroecology experiment ever conducted, researching food systems across North America.
Each dot on the map represents a farm we’ve visited, where we complete the same set of sampling tasks to better understand how management practices shape life on the land. We’ve now surpassed 1,000 farms, and the work is just getting started.
Where We've Been
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Where We're Going
Project Ignite is building on the 1000 Farms Initiative. We’ll continue collecting real-world data while focusing on the regenerative potential in key food systems, and measuring how agriculture may change under more extreme climatological conditions.
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Project Avalanche is about enabling farmers to take science into their own hands. Bringing people together in regional learning cohorts, farmers are provided with the tools to measure progress on their own farms.
We are continuously releasing peer reviewed, published scientific papers on various topics, such as...
In the Media
Executive Director, Dr. Jonathan Lundgren, speaks at TEDxBoston — highlighting the potential of regenerative agriculture and Ecdysis's role in fostering the evolution of a regenerative food system.
