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 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.
What's Happening?
Field Season is Underway!
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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.
We have now far exceeded 1,000 farms visited.
So what happens now?
SCIENCE CAN BE THE SPARK THAT LIGHTS THE FLAME.
With Project Ignite, Ecdysis is building on the 1,000 Farms Initiative to push regenerative research further than ever before. We’ll continue collecting real-world data while zeroing in on the regenerative potential in key food systems, and measuring how agriculture may change under more extreme climatological conditions.
This year, our focus includes:
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No-till organic farming
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Local fruit and vegetable systems
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Transitioning croplands to grazing land
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Silvopasture (integrating trees into grazing land)
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Heritage livestock breeds and heirloom produce varieties
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Perennial cropping systems
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Pastured livestock production
ONE PEBBLE CAN START AN AVALANCHE OF CHANGE
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. Additionally farmers are equipped with the education needed to help inform their quest to build healthy soil, thriving ecosystems, and nutritionally dense food.
In the off-season, we will bring everyone together to look at the results, help interpret them, and discuss what this means for the individual farmers and the group as a whole.
Let us know if you’d like to be an organizer for an Avalanche cohort in your region by emailing kristianna.siddens@ecdysis.bio.
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.
Support Our Work
We wouldn’t be here without you. Every farm we study costs about $7,500. Thanks to the support of generous funders, collaborators, and individual donors, farmers receive all of their data at no cost. Together, we make this work possible.
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