Researchers explore the assumptions underlying the common farming view in England that you can only grow grass in certain regions, contributing to a limitation of livestock production. By unsettling this narrative, the article argues that policymakers can enable a transition to diverse and sustainable food production in England’s grasslands. 

This report by Rothamsted Research provides evidence on the impact of grazing management on a range of outcomes as well as on the importance of field scale, long-term research. It seeks to provide more rigorous assessment of livestock grazing practices which are usually reported as having positive economic and environmental outcomes but which often rely on anecdotal reports. It provides detailed data comparisons of the two systems related to system productivity, soil structure and health, environmental impacts, pasture growth and use and animal behaviour and performance, which may be valuable to growers and researchers exploring the impact of different livestock grazing management systems.

This study investigates the relational values which connect people to ecosystems and economic and environmental factors which drive adoption of regenerative agriculture by farmers and ranchers in the United States. Through an analysis of thirty-one semi-structured interviews from self-identified regenerative agriculturalists, the authors find the most salient relational values and economic and environmental factors associated with participants' adoption of regenerative agricultural practices. They highlight the value of incorporating a theoretical lens which emphasises the relationships between humans and the environment to economic and environmental investigations and find a shared belief that finding a balance between economics and a vision of regenerative agriculture is a real possibility for participants of this study.

This book argues that traditional nomadic herding practices offer lessons for regenerating a healthy planet and producing food sustainably.

Research programme PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience) has released six short briefing papers on the links between extensive, mobile pastoralist systems, biodiversity and conservation. Each paper is available in English, French and Spanish.

This primer from the Transnational Institute describes the diversity of pastoralist systems that are found around the world. Among other topics, it explains the similarities and differences between pastoralists and peasants; explores the ways in which pastoralists have inaccurately been blamed for desertification; argues that anti-livestock narratives should not conflate pastoralism and industrial livestock farming; and asks to what extent animal-sourced foods are important for nutrition.

TABLE community member Matthew Jordon has co-authored this study, which finds that two practices linked to regenerative agriculture are linked to higher productivity: rotational grazing, where animals are frequently moved around pastures to allow areas to recover from grazing, and herbal leys, where multiple species of perennial flowering plants are grown as part of the pasture. The study focuses on sheep and cattle in temperature climates, and analyses data from 84 articles identified in the literature.