Your path to regenerative agriculture.
Soil Centric is designed to accelerate engagement in regenerative agriculture, an immediate avenue for climate action.
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Soil Centric's Mission
Our mission is to illuminate the opportunities, resources, and pathways for widespread participation in the creation of a resilient and abundant future.
What is Regenerative Agriculture?
It is a system of farming principles and practices that increases biodiversity, enriches soils, improves watersheds, enhances ecosystem services.
It aims to capture carbon in soil and aboveground biomass, reversing current global trends of atmospheric accumulation.
It offers increased yields, resilience to climate instability, and improved health and vitality for farming and ranching communities.
It is outcomes based and draws from decades of scientific and applied research by the global communities of organic farming, agroecology, Holistic Management, and agroforestry.
Definition created by Terra Genesis International and adapted by Soil Centric.
Photo Collage by Studio Hill Vermont
Soil Centric Blog
Starting My Regenerative Path at Soil Health Academy
Last December, I had the privilege of attending the Soil Health Academy (SHA) at Chico State University in North Eastern California. When Soil Centric recommended SHA to me, I wasn’t sure I was the...
Tips for Agrarian Interns and Apprentices
In the world of regenerative agriculture, real-life work experience is invaluable. But, what if you are new to farming and ranching? How can you gain this foundational experience? An on-farm...
On Ancient Land, Farming for the Future
Dimitri Tsitos meets us in Styra, a village mentioned by Homer in the Iliad in the 8th century BC. Tall, blonde and wise beyond his 25 years, Dimitri is the founder of Mazi...
Soil Centric Advisory Board
Alice Waters
Executive Chef, Founder and Owner of Chez Panisse
Executive Chef, Founder and Owner of Chez Panisse
Christine Su
Co-Founder and CEO, Pasture Map
Co-Founder and CEO, Pasture Map
John D. Liu
Founder, Ecosystem Restoration Camps Network
Founder, Ecosystem Restoration Camps Network
Judith D. Schwartz
Author, “Cows Save the Planet” and “Water in Plain Sight”
Author, “Cows Save the Planet” and “Water in Plain Sight”
Julie F. Morris
Rancher, Morris Grassfed, San Juan Bautista, California
Rancher, Morris Grassfed, San Juan Bautista, California
Kristin Ohlson
Author, “The Soil Will Save Us”
Author, “The Soil Will Save Us”
Precious Phiri
Earth Wisdom Community Organizing and Training
Earth Wisdom Community Organizing and Training
Rebecca Ryals, Ph.D.
Assistant professor, University of California, Merced
Assistant professor, University of California, Merced
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Speaking at Climate One
We give presentations on soil and climate at conferences, educational events, philanthropic circles, gardening clubs and any other event where we can build bridges to new constituencies.
Please contact us if you would like one of our team members to speak at your event.
The Soil Centric Team
Soil Centric’s team has extensive knowledge of the soil and climate landscape, a proven record of bridging disparate sectors, and a demonstrated ability to forecast trends. We have active relationships across the globe with stakeholders in the sector, including nonprofits, farmers, ranchers, agencies, funders, and non-traditional partners.
Diana Donlon
Diana Donlon is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Soil Centric. A soil and climate advocate, she has a proven history of creating widespread awareness about the importance of healthy soil to climate stability at the local, national and international level. Prior to founding Soil Centric, Diana was the director of the Center for Food Safety' Soil Solution's program. Soil Solutions to Climate Problems, a short film she conceived of and produced, was screened during the Paris Climate Conference (COP21) in December 2015. The piece created an aesthetic that has been widely emulated, and its animated footage has been incorporated into several feature-length documentary films. Diana is a skilled public speaker, excels at identifying trends, and brings a depth of social and intellectual capital to the soil and climate movement. She has degrees from UC Berkeley and the Harvard Graduate School of Education and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco.
Kyle Lawson
Kyle Lawson is Co-Founder and Design Director of Soil Centric. He was previously Director of Design and Marketing at Sight Machine, a manufacturing analytics platform. His life changed when he read Kristin Ohlson’s book The Soil Will Save Us and decided he had to get involved in regeneration.As a millennial deeply concerned about climate, he has first-hand knowledge of the need for Soil Centric’s Pathfinder Tool. Kyle now holds his Basic Level 1 certification in sheep sheering and is actively testing other regenerative resources on the Pathfinder. In addition to Soil Centric, he is a member of Sunrise Movement's SF Bay Area Hub and 10th Floor Studios, a group focused on regenerative conceptual product design and art installations.