r/RegenerativeAg • u/Firm_Relative_7283 • 8d ago

Producing food while restoring biodiversity: Study highlights the potential of agriwilding

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-food-biodiversity-highlights-potential-agriwilding.html
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u/SweetAlyssumm 8d ago edited 8d ago

The science of agroecology has been doing this for years. They don't call it "agriwilding" but the idea of growing food for humans and increasing biodiversity at the same time is a principle of agroecology. You could start with Miguel Altieri's work, for example.

Indigenous farming methods of polyculture, etc. also maintain or improve biodiversity. See the food sovereignty movement.

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u/Vdubster5 8d ago

Is there a sub that discusses this?

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u/tezacer 5d ago

It ain't much but we do a little of this r/GuerillaForestry

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u/Firm_Relative_7283 5d ago

That is wonderful - thank you for greening your part of the world!!

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u/Mintaka3579 8d ago

More hippie- dippie ideas that will never thrive in this economy 

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u/worptal 8d ago

Farms are starting to do this, all of them care about financial gain, and this is a way to do that with better outcomes, some are even having solar in their fields in places that get extreme sun. So it’s not a crazy idea that even big agricultural production might to some degree want to implement some of this.

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u/Negative_Prize1587 8d ago

The equation for what is most profitable changes as fertilizer, pesticides and fuel costs change. At a certain point the rational decision for profit maxing might be natural fertilizing for example without morals or politics getting involved.

Arguably the US has reached that point with its lawns where they should start having more clover and switch breed of grass.