Cycle to Farms to begin their next phase
Regenerative agriculture is a vast library of practices that looks to improve the environment while growing our food, fuel and fibre. Where it lacks a single definition, regenerative agriculture is nowhere short of potential, and an exciting initiative is documenting what that looks like on the ground from the Netherlands to Tanzania.
Quite literally on the ground as it’s all being done by bicycle.
Cycle to Farms is an advocacy project led by, implemented by, and cycled by Aisha Hassan and Lukas Paltanavičius; MSc graduates from Wageningen University. Their mission is to document the realities of regenerative farming across Europe, the Middle East and Africa by cycling farm to farm and speaking directly with the farmers themselves.
Rolling across more than 7000 kilometers in total, Cycle to Farms engages in intercultural knowledge exchange and explores the enabling environments that contribute to real farmers’ capacities to adopt regenerative agriculture through a bottom-up approach.
Let them tell you who they are:
Cycling began in May 2022 and will be completed in three phases. As of now, they are wrapping up phase two and heading into a break until the end of February. All along the way, Cycle to Farms has been blogging about their progress and gathering information to inform the production of a documentary that will incite further dialogue on the realities of regenerative farming across continents.
Cycle to Farms has already garnered quite a bit of attention in the global arena, especially engaging with international dialogue surrounding practice shifts for enhancing the environment, like this one with the BBC during the UNFCCC COP27:
Their enthusiasm and determination have taken the wheel on this mission to bring farmer voices to the forefront of discussions on environmentalism and show the world that agriculture isn’t simply a driver of soil degradation but can be an impactful solution. The key is to pedal for the medal in support of people on the ground.
