Remember the biggest regenerative ag event in NYC? It’s back.

400+ Attendees | Spring 2025 | NYC

225 attendees, 94 cities, 120 companies.

WE BROUGHT REGENERATIVE AG TO NYC

Who Attended ‘24?

[A-Z] Akiptan, Alder Point Capital, Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund, Armonia LLC, Agritecture, Brooklyn Packers, Canopy Farm Management, Chrysa Labs, CIWF, Columbia Climate School, Cornell CALS, Dotdash Meredith, Downforce Tech, Emlia Partners, Earthworm Foundation, ESMC, FORA, Forum For The Future, Frog Hollow Farms, Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming, Greenbiz, Good Agriculture, Grace Communications, Harrisonburg Agricultural Enterprise Center, Harvard, Heart & Seoul, Holo Ag, Hudson Varick, Hudson Valley Farm Hub, Indigo Ag, L Catterton, Long Future Farm, Land To Market, Mad Agriculture, McEnroe Organics, Monarch Foundation, Merge Impact, Hudson Valley Farm Hub, Miller/Howard Investments, Manitoba Harvest, New Brooklyn Farms, NY Soil Outcomes Fund, NYU ES, NYU Food Studies, NYU Gallatin, Onondaga Nation Farm, OpenTEAM, Outlaw Ventures, PLANT Group, Ponderosa VC, Polly Labs, Partnership Fund, Propagate, Princeton, Rooted Ag, Rural Works Partners, SLM Partners, Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Stone Barns Center, Soil Centric, Soverign Equity Fund, Soil Carbon Initiative, Soil Climate Initiative, Soil In Formation, SVG Ventures, Tikehau Capital, Thom Browne, The Forest Farmers, Trailhead Capital, Terra Genesis, Tufts, USDA, URI, Urban Future Labs, Union Grove Farm, Vayda, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Walden Local Beef, Wind River Trust, Wolfe Neck Center, World Economic Forum, Withum, World Food Forum, Wonder Mapper, Veris Wealth Partners, Yale CBE, Yara Growth Ventures, Zero Foodprint. + 11 More

What did we talk about at ‘24?

THE AGENDA

1. STORIES FROM THE FIELD

2. REGENERATIVE AS AN INVESTMENT

3. APPROACHES TO INVESTING IN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

4. CONTEXTUALIZING SOC MEASUREMENTS AND MMRV

5. SEPARATING THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF: LIMITATIONS OF REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

6. FLEXIBLE CAPITAL FOR REGENERATIVE FARMERS

7. BUILDING THE REGENERATIVE SUPPLY CHAIN

BREAKOUTS: HOW TO GET A JOB IN REGENERATIVE AG | MAKING MMRV ACCESSIBLE TO FARMERS

WHO DID THE TALKING?

  • Zach Ducheneaux

    FSA, USDA

  • Angela Ferguson

    Braidng the Sacred

  • Adrian Rodriguez

    Regenerative Financier

  • Nicole Scott

    Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming

  • Taimur Malik

    Drawdown Farms

  • John Taylor, PhD

    University of Rhode Island

  • Chisara Ehiemere

    NYU, Center for Sustainabl Business

  • Sara Farley

    The Rockefeller Foundation

  • Nick Schroer

    Trailhead Capital

  • Paul McMahon

    SLM Partners

  • Michael Glos

    Cornell University and Kingbird Farm

  • Ashley Keiser, PhD

    University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  • Anna Paltseva, PhD

    University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  • William Lytle, PhD

    Ecosystem Service Market Consortium (ESMC)

  • Peter Groffman, PhD

    CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

  • Austin Arrington

    ESMC

  • Anthony Corsaro

    Outlaw Ventures

  • Dominick Grant

    Dirt Capital

  • Russell Wallack

    Breadtree Farms

  • Paloma Lopez

    Bel Brands USA

  • Elizabeth Candelario

    Mad Ag

  • Wyatt Ball

    Land to Market

  • Joe Dickson

    Lot 49 Partners

Sponsors and partners

WE LOVE YOU!

  • ZFP’s mission is to combat climate change by rallying the food industry in support of regenerative agriculture. Through donations across the food system, ZFP funds farm projects that draw carbon straight from the atmosphere and store it underground, resulting in better food and a restored climate.

  • The cornerstone of the Gallatin School is its individualized approach to education. With the support and guidance of faculty advisers, students design unique courses of study, exploring multiple disciplines or various perspectives on specific areas of study not available in traditional departments. 

  • NYU’s Office of Sustainability leads the University-wide effort to build a healthier and more sustainable future.

    They work towards reducing our carbon emissions 50% from our baseline by 2025, and achieving carbon neutrality by 2040.

    They engage community through trainings, student opportunities, and resources.

  • SLM Partners acquires rural land to implement regenerative, ecological management systems that are commercially viable and environmentally beneficial. We target financial returns that are commensurate with market expectations for real assets. These returns come from a combination of operational income and capital appreciation. We partner with local farmers and foresters or build the local teams needed to manage land and to gain the benefits from improved operational performance. Our clients are sophisticated investors such as pension funds, insurance companies and family offices. We believe in long-term investing (10+ years) and creating structures and management agreements where interests are aligned.

  • The Department of Environmental Studies aims to provide students with the breadth of understanding and the skills necessary for resolving environment.

Food Sponsors

WHY DID WE HOST REGENERATIVE NYC?

In the past year, we’ve had over 200 conversations with folks in regenerative agriculture, including founders, farmers, and funders. It was constantly brought up that regenerative agriculture needs capital and community. As you might know, New York City has no shortage of either.

We intend to bring this rural conversation to an urban space, fostering discussions around resilient, regenerative food systems. The transition of the food system will require intense collaboration between farmers, investors, policymakers, consumers, scientists, and all stakeholders to flourish. We are here to facilitate these conversations, amplify the voices of key leaders in regenerative agriculture, and help scientific evidence inform our approach to agriculture.

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