Farming sustainably isn’t just good for the planet: if it’s done right it can double profits too, finds a new study published in PeerJ. But this requires a paradigm shift that champions crop diversity over monoculture, and quality over quantity–a way of growing food that’s known as ‘regenerative agriculture’.
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Feed the Soil (FTS) is a community based family enterprise committed to helping regenerate farms, soils, communities and on-farm livelihoods.
Feed the Soil, provide farmers, organisations and communities with education, training and consultancy services to adopt regenerative agriculture practices.
Regenerative farming practices are extremely profitable, scalable and replicable. Regenerative Management principals are easily understood and can be implemented on any farm or land management enterprise to build soil carbon, increase soil health and microbial diversity, reduce inputs and increase profits.
Our consultancies, courses, practical workshops and events provide access to and empower participants with the essential skills and knowledge needed to regenerate farm livelihoods, build topsoil and transform their farming landscapes and food system.
We believe that by enabling farmers, landowners, consumers and professional organisations with the knowledge and skills to implement regenerative land management strategies, we are collectively creating a new farming future for Africa.
Services
CONSULTING
We offer private consultancies for farmers, nongovernmental organisations, communities and a variety of land management projects. Individually designed to increase soil health and significantly reduce input costs our consultancy packages are tailored to suit our clients needs, include practical face -to -face training and ensure success with our follow up support.
CONFERENCES
Our conferences offer hope for farmers, land managers and communities. Tailored for specific audiences our talks introduce regenerative farming methodologies and ideas that increase soil health, heal water cycles, reduce input costs and return struggling farms into productive and profitable enterprises.
COURSES, EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS
We are geared to removing the boundaries of conventional farming wisdom and inspiring people with empowering independent information and proven practical regenerative techniques from well proven innovative farmers and regenerative success stories.
Blog
UPCOMING EVENTS
Currently there are no any events
Team
Alexander Chapota
Founder/ Chief Executive Officer
Alexander is a farmer, consultant and educator who is passionate to working with farmers and indigenous communities to establish farmer to farmer networks that support practice change. Alexander’s background is in Theology, Social Care, and Permaculture Design.
Leah Mitaba Chapota
Administrative
Leah is a communications expert, educator and entrepreneur who works in co-ordinating FEED THE SOIL projects and events. She is passionate about farming, Christian living and creating resilient, vibrant rural communities. Leah’s professional background is in Journalism, Good governance and Environmental management.
Bright Kharim Chapota
Extension Officer
As an extension officer, Bright seeks encourage farmers to adopt new, holistic methods of regenerative farming, using a variety of methods to reach farmers i.e. organising study groups for farmers, ‘farmer days’, demonstrations, lectures and literature, as well as informing the media. Bright enjoys personal contact with farmers on their farms.
Contact
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F.A.Q
WHAT IS REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE?
Regenerative agriculture is defined as "a holistic land management practice that leverages the power of photosynthesis in plants to close the carbon cycle, and build soil health, crop resilience and nutrient density."
Regenerative practices focus primarily on building soils. These include no or minimum tilling, which can cause soil erosion; use of cover crops, diverse crop rotations, compost and manure to increase soil fertility; building biological ecosystem diversity and soil biology; and well-managed animal grazing practices to improve plant growth, soil fertility, insect and plant diversity and soil carbon sequestration.
Regenerative practices focus primarily on building soils. These include no or minimum tilling, which can cause soil erosion; use of cover crops, diverse crop rotations, compost and manure to increase soil fertility; building biological ecosystem diversity and soil biology; and well-managed animal grazing practices to improve plant growth, soil fertility, insect and plant diversity and soil carbon sequestration.
