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THE REGENERATIVE ECONOMY IN PRINCIPLE & PRACTICE


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Being in balance is more than just a nice way to be; it is actually essential to systemic health. Like a unicycle rider, regenerative systems are always engaged in this delicate dance in search of balance. Achieving it requires that they harmonize multiple variables instead of optimizing single ones. A Regenerative Economy seeks to balance: efficiency and resilience; collaboration and competition; diversity and coherence; and small, medium, and large organizations and needs.

From the Capital Institute White Paper:
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King Grove Organic Farm

Generating sufficient financial wealth to meet one's basic needs while cultivating one's personal holistic wealth and that of the larger human and natural community is the delicate balancing act we must undertake if we want to do regenerative work in the world, individually and collectively. Hugh Kent has intentionally committed himself to this challenge. He went into debt to purchase a former conventional citrus farm in Lake County, Florida, that had been in his family for generations. He wanted to model a different way of doing agriculture in Central Florida, converting to organic blueberry farming. He needed to make a living and repay his debts, but he wanted to do that while also doing "a decent job of balancing agriculture and land stewardship." "Organic ag doesn’t just mean you don’t use synthetic herbicides and fertilizers," he elaborates. "It means you manage your property under a comprehensive plan so you have a healthy natural community that exists on the fringe of what you are farming aggressively. "  

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McCarty Family Farms

Successful regenerative projects often happen when small and mid-sized enterprises join forces with larger ones. The McCarty family have been dairy farmers since 1914. They recently left their producer cooperative to forge a values-aligned contractual partnership with Dannon Inc.  By reducing price uncertainty in a way that benefits both parties, this direct partnership has allowed the a family farm  and global corporation to work together to raise the bar on their shared social and environmental goals.
THE REGENERATIVE PRINCIPLES

IN RIGHT RELATIONSHIP

VIEWS WEALTH HOLISTICALLY

INNOVATIVE, ADAPTIVE RESPONSIVE

EMPOWERED PARTICIPATION

HONORS COMMUNITY AND PLACE

EDGE EFFECT ABUNDANCE

ROBUST CIRCULATORY FLOW

SEEKS BALANCE
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THE FIELD GUIDE TO A REGENERATIVE ECONOMY

The Field Guide is a project of Capital Institute, a non-partisan think tank exploring the economic transition to a more just, regenerative, and thus sustainable way of living on this earth through the transformation of finance.  Our Regenerative Capitalism framework is the source code for all our work. Since 2010, The Field Guide has been telling the stories of projects and enterprises of the emerging Regenerative Economy.  It is Capital Institute's attempt to link theory with practice, shining a light on how the Regenerative Economy is emerging in the real world, if only we have eyes to see.



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