The An open source, peer-reviewed literature review of regenerative agriculture

One of our core beliefs is that knowledge should be open and shared, so that we all get stronger together. So, we created an open source literature review which pulls together peer-reviewed data about the impacts of regenerative agriculture. If you’ve ever wondered ‘Can regenerative agriculture stop climate change?’ or ‘How much carbon can soil sequester?’ this page has collated up-to-date research on those questions.

Our original resource document covers literature compiled post 2024. To keep you up to date we have then added links below on the literature we have found since.

The resource covers:

• The physical science underpinning regenerative agriculture, including carbon sequestration, water cycles, nutrient cycles, and biodiversity.
• Different production systems, including grazing, cropping, trees, pigs and poultry. 
• Measurements of regenerative agriculture impacts relative to industrial agriculture impacts, e.g. land degradation and productivity, human health, and more.

It provides a one or two-sentence summary of key journal articles across these topics. 

Post 2024

2024 – 2026

• Lewis, Rob (2023) – “Millan Millan and the Mystery of the Missing Mediterranean Storms” (vegetation/soil/climate “second leg”)
  https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-07-17/millan-millan-and-the-mystery-of-the-missing-mediterranean-storms/
  (Rob Lewis also writes at his Substack: https://theclimateaccordingtolife.substack.com)
• Hong et al. (2026) – “Mechanistic links between coexistence, productivity, and stability in experimental grasslands” — PNAS
  https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2602893123
• Hadi Hadi et al. (2026) – “Land degradation is associated with larger crop yield gaps across global croplands” — Nature Food
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-026-01382-5
• Feliziani et al. (2025) – “Regenerative Organic Agriculture and Human Health: The Interconnection Between Soil, Food Quality, and Nutrition” — Antioxidants
  https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/14/5/530
• Rosier et al. (2025) – “From soil to health: advancing regenerative agriculture for improved food quality and nutrition security” — Frontiers in Nutrition
  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2025.1638507/full
• Leroy et al. (2025) – “A framework for adequate nourishment: balancing nutrient density and food processing levels within the context of culturally and regionally appropriate diets” — Animal Frontiers
  https://academic.oup.com/af/article/15/1/10/8106660
• Leroy et al. (2026) – “Carbon tunnel vision and sustainable meat production in the West: A disproportionate focus on dietary greenhouse gas emissions?” — Food Science of Animal Resources
  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44463-026-00072-x
• Ridoutt, Bradley (2025) – “Diet and Environmental Sustainability: A Review of Australian Evidence” — Dietetics
  https://www.mdpi.com/2674-0311/4/1/5
• Ridoutt, Bradley (2025) – “Protein Source and Micronutrient Adequacy in Australian Adult Diets with Higher Diet Quality Score and Lower Environmental Impacts” — Dietetics
  https://doi.org/10.3390/dietetics4030035
• Ross, Dr Katie (2025) – “Return the Lands, Return the Clouds” — Below and Above (Substack)
  https://belowandabove.substack.com/p/return-the-lands-return-the-clouds
• Lundgren (2026) – 1000 Farms Initiative study (specific paper via IOP Science)
  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2976-601X/ae8f4e/meta
• van Vliet, Stephan – Full publications list (Google Scholar, sorted by date)
  https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=L5KcySQAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Thanks goes to The William Buckland Foundation for funding this project.