It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Inka Sachse

Event Preview / RegenTextiles 2023

14 November 2023

5 minutes

Apart from the soil health approach, on which the industrialised regenerative farming stakeholder community entirely agrees upon, RCS considers the importance of rooting the transformation in traditional farming knowledge. Traditional ways of farming must be respected, valued, supported, and combined with what science knows today in order to reach not just some kind of proof of impact, but true ownership in the farming communities.

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As the Regenerative Agriculture & Textiles Summit 2023 gets going today at Washington DC to discuss ways and means to accelerate regenerative agriculture practices through collaborative efforts, Inka Sachse, Project Manager, Standards & Outreach at Aid by Trade Foundation, talks about how these two days will try to understand stakeholder challenges, drive solutions and build partnerships across industries.

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