Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
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What is Regenerative Farming?
What is Regenerative Farming?
“Regenerative Agriculture” describes farming and grazing practices that, among other benefits, reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity – resulting in both carbon drawdown and improving the water cycle.
Definition from https://regenerationinternational.org/
Why these Collaborative Partners?
Why these Collaborative Partners?
Private: Shamrock Farms Dairy was chosen as they are a local Arizona with a trusted national brand. In comparison to other large, highly specialized, and highly mechanized dairies, Shamrock has taken multiple voluntary steps towards sustainable initiatives in an effort to achieve carbon neutrality, better water efficiency, and recyclability within the dairy industry by 2050 (set forth by the Innovation Center for Dairy). Shamrock has the unique opportunity to lead what we believe can be a revolutionary change in the food system.
Non-Profit: Pinnacle Prevention was chosen as the social systems expert. Through their vast network of food system collations, food policy advocacy, grassroots programs, and contact with local citizens (particularly through their work with Indigenous food sovereignty and food pathways).
Public: The Arizona Department of Agriculture for their access to policy reform surrounding sustainable ag. Their mission is to support and promote Arizona agriculture in a way that encourages farming, ranching, and agribusiness, protects the well-being of people, plants, animals, and the environment while safeguarding commerce, consumers, and natural resources.
What are the long-term goals of the collaboration?
What are the long-term goals of the collaboration?
Primary Goal:
To establish a regenerative community farming system.
Long Term Goals:
Long-lasting partnership with Shamrock Farms, Pinnacle Peak Prevention, and the AZ Dept. of Agriculture
Expanding sustainable practices in the agribusiness industry through resource and information sharing of inter-organizations
Transparency of organizations and publicly published CSR and sustainability reports by Shamrock Farms
Tribal recognition and improved quality of life
Improve efficiency, sustainability, and profitability of Shamrock Farms' supply chain
Who has authority in the collaboration?
Who has authority in the collaboration?
Structure: Group consensus coupled with a mediator.
The sharing of knowledge, experience, and opinions with the group is highly encouraged for all partners of the project. For the best possible decisions to be made all perspectives shared with the group are taken into consideration in a smaller group consensus. To ensure fairness a mediator is assigned to the group consensus to assure all perspectives were reviewed during the decision-making process.
Why is Tribal Recognition a Targeted Focus in the Collaboration?
Why is Tribal Recognition a Targeted Focus in the Collaboration?
The traumatic effects of colonization in this country have been reverberating for hundreds of years. This partnership seeks to correct the systematic wrongs that have been done to minority communities (socially, financially, environmentally, physically) through a capitalistic food system. Whether they be overt or subliminal. We acknowledge the land we are seeking to use to create this community was taken from Indigenous peoples. We profess freely and complete the knowledge of regenerative practices are not ideas to be copyrighted and profited from. We acknowledge these ideas and practices are not unique to this age and instead have been used by Native Indigenous and Afro-Indigenous for millennia. These practices have shaped culture, traditions, health, complex social systems, and environmental stewardship for generations before ours--it is well past time they were honored, respected, and thanked for their contributions.
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