Giving Compass' Take:

• Food Tank interviews the CEO of Kiss The Ground, a nonprofit that is battling climate change by helping farmers build healthier soil and educating the public about the benefits of regenerative farming. 

• Why are so many unaware or uneducated about agricultural practices such as regenerative farming and soil health? How can donors help initiate education and awareness on these topics?

• Read about why soil health is the key to environmental and human health. 

Kiss the Ground is non-profit striving to combat climate change by cultivating healthy soil to sequester carbon in the atmosphere. It focuses on public engagement through media and educational curriculum, and works to help farmers build healthy soil. Food Tank spoke with Lauren about the importance of soil health, regenerative farming, and how consumer knowledge of our food system can help solve environmental and human health crises.

Food Tank: How are you helping to build a better food system?

Tucker: We create educational materials (films, book, social media, and middle school curriculum) on soil as a carbon sequestration solution. We also raise money for farmer training and work with businesses to invest in healthy soils in their supply chains. Everything we do is helping to achieve our mission: to inspire participation in the global movement to restore soils.

Food Tank: What’s the most pressing issue in food and agriculture that you’d like to see solved?

Tucker:  We need there to be a common understanding about the importance of soil health and debunk the myth that conventional agriculture (and the chemicals that destroy soil health) are needed to feed the world. We also need laws supporting small farms instead of large agro-businesses, which make it almost impossible to stay in business as a small farmer.

Read the full interview with Lauren Tucker about regenerative farming and soil health at Food Tank.