Regenerative Viticulture Organization
If you’re interested in adopting regenerative viticulture techniques, check out the newly formed Regenerative Viticulture Foundation.
in 2021, driven by a desire to understand and promote greater biodiversity in viticulture on a global scale, with the assembly of a board of renowned experts in the fields of winegrowing, regenerative agriculture, and communications, the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation was formed.
Through the work of the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation, everyone and anyone can learn about regenerative viticulture. Viticulturists, wine industry participants and the general public can access the research, education and resources readily provided by the Foundation, and those looking to make the change in the way they currently farm grapevines can be informed, encouraged and supported in their journey.
The Foundation argues the environmental costs of agriculture have historically been too high, impacting on the health of the entire planet.
“Cooperation is needed to research and understand farming solutions which go above and beyond mere preservation of the status quo, in order to regenerate soils and environments whilst maximising the opportunity to inhibit man-made climate change,” the Foundation says.
“The organization’s mission is to support a transition away from a chemical-based monocultural form of agriculture that is degenerative to soil and local ecosystems, towards a regenerative agriculture as it relates to the management of vineyards, and for greater biodiversity in viticulture to become the new conventional way of doing things,” said Jesper Saxgren, Trustee of the Regenerative Viticulture Foundation.