Regenerative Agriculture
As a method of farming that prioritizes land management, regenerative agriculture emphasizes the importance of viewing agriculture through a connected and complex web. Instead of a streamlined supply chain like government-regulated factory farming, regenerative agriculture works as a “network of entities who grow, enhance, exchange, distribute, and consume goods and services.”
The term “food as medicine” is becoming a central theme among healthcare physicians–particularly those in the functional and integrative medicine space–where food is not only an aid or supplement to healthy living, but plays a central role in health.
Our conventional food system has made it possible to buy produce at any time of the year, but have you ever stopped to wonder about the implications and the nutrient value of out-of-season products? Produce can be grown up to thousands of miles away from grocery store destinations and is therefore harvested before they are ripe to save it from spoiling.