November 6-7, 2017

Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex,
University of Colorado, Boulder

Regenerative Earth Summit
Food + Climate + Culture

Regenerative Earth Summit
Food + Climate + Culture

“A truly regenerative agriculture is one in which all the natural resources we use to produce food get renewed in the process of using them.”
~ Fred Kirschenmann

Plan to participate in The Regenerative Earth Summit: Food + Climate + Culture in Boulder, Colorado, for two days with fellow influencers, innovators and leaders in the natural and organic food space, regenerative agriculture movement, soil carbon sequestration community, farmers, investors, local food and civic leaders to work across sectors to build strategies and story-telling that drive adoption of practical, regenerative agriculture methods in our food system.

Regeneration
re·gen·er·a·tion rəˌjenəˈrāSH(ə)n/

Regeneration is the process of renewal, and restoration that makes life and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage. Regenerative concepts take sustainability to the next level, moving from ‘doing less bad’ to actually ‘doing good’ for people and planet.

Red Barn on the Palouse Region of Washington

Why The Summit

Soil is a powerful solution to creating more nutritious food and sequestrating carbon.

At the Regenerative Earth Summit, we will co-create an ecosystem of peers across multiple disciplines. Together, we’ll work to discover and devise how we can meaningfully collaborate in service to our shared vision of a vibrant, regenerative and health affirming food system world-wide that nourishes our communities, protects our natural resources and mitigates the effects of climate change.

If not us, who? If not now, when?

Who’s Coming

At the Epicenter is bringing visionary food industry and nonprofit leadership, farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs, activists, and academics together to deep dive in a Summit experience designed for the robust flow of ideas, a shared sense of purpose, and the fostering of collaborative relationships. Together we can empower the food industry and its many stakeholders to bring about necessary change to the agriculture system by focusing on enhancing the health of soil for carbon draw down. Let’s begin the restoration of our relationship to soil and all the life that depends on it.

If you are bold, passionate and willing to be a catalyst for change — this event welcomes YOU.

Day ONe
Day Two

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6

8:00 AM

Registration

Set up for Marketplace of Ideas
Breakfast Sponsors

9:00 AM

Welcome

Opening Ceremony

Mindfulness Practice lead by Greg Burdulis, 21st Century Monk

9:45 AM

Keynote

Keynote via LiveStream from Hazel Henderson, President, Ethical Markets – Author, futurist, writer and evolutionary economist, Hazel is a wealth of thought provoking information that inspires action for climate prosperity and ethical principles in business.

10:30 AM

Building a Path to Regenerative Food and Farming

Plenary Panel Roundtable

Phil Graves, Sr. Director, Corporate Development, Patagonia
Daniela Ibarra-Howell, Co-founder/CEO, Savory Institute
Tom Newmark, Co-founder, The Carbon Underground
Timothy LaSalle, Ph.D., Co-founder, Regenerative Agriculture Institute, Chico State
Alisa Gravitz, Executive Director, Green America
Elizabeth Candelario, President, Demeter USA

Moderator: Seleyn DeYarus, Executive Director, At the Epicenter

11:15 AM

Let’s Take a Short Break

11:45 AM

Building Regenerative Markets Starts at the Farm

Plenary Panel Roundtable

Mark Guttridge, Ollin Family Farms, Longmont, CO
Les Szabo, Director of Constructive Capital, Dr. Bronner’s
Mark Shepard, CEO, Forest Agriculture Enterprises
Katie Forrest, Co-founder/CEO, Epic Provisions
Marc Ian Barasch, CEO, Green World Ventures
Victoria Keziah, Managing Director, Land to Market Strategic Initiative, Savory Institute

Moderator: Nova Sayers, Senior Manager Business Development, NSF

12:30 AM

Small Group Strategy Session

Working groups aligned with panel conversation topics

1:30 PM

Enjoy a Healthy Lunch

Explore the Marketplace of Ideas

2:30 PM

A Purposeful Pause

An experiential practice lead by Ralph Freelink, Transformative Coach, Amsterdam, NL

2:45 PM

Transforming Supply Chains to Regenerative Supply Webs

Plenary Panel Roundtable

Greg Fleishman, Co-Founder/COO, Foodstirs
Scott Marcus, VP Marketing, Vital Farms
Rebecca Hamilton, Co-owner and VP of Research & Development, Badger Company
Kyle Garner, CEO, Organic India USA
Sara Newmark, VP Social Impact, MegaFood

Moderator: Gregory Landua, Co-founder, Terra Genesis International

3:30 PM

Let’s Take a Short Break

4:00 PM

Policy for Supporting Carbon Farming

Plenary Panel Roundtable

Claudine Schneider, former US Congresswoman from Rhode Island
Mark Lipson, Senior Policy and Program Specialist, Organic Farming Research Foundation
Aria McLauchlan, Co-founder, Land Core USA
Larry Kopald, Co-founder/President, The Carbon Underground
Lisa Stokke, Founder/Executive Director, Next 7
Calla Rose Ostrander, Independent Consultant

Moderator: Richard Eidlin, American Sustainable Business Council