What we do
Through education, innovation, and collaboration, Quivira works in coalition with ranchers, farmers, government agencies, and land stewards to foster resilience on working lands.
We work to support the community and implementation of regenerative agriculture until it is embraced as a crucial piece of our food systems, our land stewardship, and our solutions to climate change.
- The Carbon Ranch Initiative conducts research, facilitates stakeholder engagement and educational outreach, and provides direct technical support to build the capacity of land stewards to test and implement evidence-based land management practices. These practices improve soil health and water retention while mitigating and adapting to climate change.
- The Education and Outreach Program creates, shares, and amplifies knowledge and resources that strengthen and connect healthy working lands, food systems, and communities.
- The New Agrarian Program develops the next generation of land stewards, graziers, food producers, and agricultural leaders through land-based learning and mentorship. The program pairs beginning agrarians with experienced, regenerative ranchers across the West to provide eight-month, hands-on, regenerative ranching apprenticeships.
Community
For more than 25 years of collaborative conservation, Quivira has grown a web of knowledge and a network of human relationships focused on soil, water, and neighbors. We continue to cultivate hope, innovation, education, and collaboration as the nexus from which soil is restored and relationships are grown.
We still believe that how we inhabit and use the West today will determine the West we pass on to our children tomorrow, and that preserving the biological diversity of working landscapes requires active stewardship from a dedicated community of diverse individuals and perspectives who are focused on coalition-building and practical solutions. We hope you will continue to join us in the radical center.
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REGENERATE Conference
The annual REGENERATE Conference brings together ranchers, farmers, researchers and teachers, government and Tribal agency staff, and other interested folks for multiple days of education, networking, planning, and action around regenerative agriculture. REGENERATE is hosted by Quivira, Holistic Management International, and the American Grassfed Association, and made possible by a diversity of partnerships with educators, facilitators, volunteers, and fiscal sponsors.
