Aria McLauchlan Speaks at Harvard Belfer Center “Innovation, Investment and Policy in Regenerative Agriculture” Conference

On May 20, 2022, our Executive Director, Aria McLauchlan, spoke on the "Policy and Investment in Regenerative Agriculture" panel, alongside an all-star line-up of thought leaders, innovators, soil health experts, policy makers, and financiers from all over the world to discuss goals, policies and opportunities for the rapid adoption of soil health and regenerative agriculture practices.

Rewatch Aria’s presentation & find the full conversation here:

The conversation was moderated by Dr. Ashlie Burkart, Chief Scientific Officer at Germin8 Ventures and Non-Resident Fellow, Technology and Public Purpose Project, and also featured Renee Vassilos, Director of Agriculture Innovation at The Nature Conservancy; Allison Nepvieux, Director of Sustainability at Bushel; and Philip Mulvey, Founder & CEO of Carbon Count, Author of Groundbreaking: Soil Security & Climate Change, and Founder of Environmental Earth Sciences International.

The “Innovation, Investment and Policy in Regenerative Agriculture” conference was hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and featured opening remarks by Secretary Ash Carter, Belfer Center Director and Former U.S. Secretary of Defense, and two additional panel sessions: Why Adopt Regenerative Agriculture? and Adoption of Soil Health and Carbon Farming.

We were grateful to participate in this dialogue and to see historically influential spaces such as the Belfer Center beginning to recognize soil health and regenerative agriculture as a topic that deserves to be at the forefront of our national conversation.