In early 2024, the MESA team held a workshop in Colombia. The discussion in the room framed the main similarities and differences in relation to nature for each of three agricultural approaches: organic agriculture, agroecology and regenerative agriculture. Camilo Ardila Galvis joined TABLE in December 2023 as part of the team at the University of the Andes (School of Government) in Colombia. He holds a BA in Economics, MA in Development Studies and MSc in Agroecology.This essay is also available in Spanish.

The annual regenerative agriculture festival has grown enormously in recent years. TABLE team members were fascinated by the event’s confidence, dynamic energy and environmental convictions - and found questions about what the regenerative movement means beyond the farm gate to be in the air but not yet answered.