A regenerative farming programme backed by more than 40 major food and farming businesses including Nestlé, McCain Foods and Diageo has been launched.
Global non-profit membership network SAI Platform unveiled its Regenerating Together Programme (RTP) on 24 June, positioning it as a practical tool to help businesses put regenerative agriculture into action across global supply chains.
The scheme has been developed with input from farmers, agronomists, NGOs, academia and industry, and is intended to help tackle pressures facing food systems including climate change, biodiversity loss, soil degradation, water stress and growing strain on farmer livelihoods.
At the heart of the programme is the Regenerating Together framework, which sets out a four-step implementation process for crop, beef and dairy systems across both large and small-scale production.
SAI Platform said the framework was designed to work across all geographies, and to move the sector beyond broad principles by giving businesses a more practical and consistent route to implementation.
The programme also includes verification and benchmarking protocols, allowing regenerative practices to be independently verified. SAI Platform said this would support greater consistency, credibility and transparency.
SAI Platform director general Dionys Forster hailed the launch as a “landmark moment” for regenerative farming, but warned the challenge now was “implementation at scale”.
“The Regenerating Together Programme offers a pragmatic solution to addressing this challenge by providing the industry with a practical and credible foundation to transition towards more resilient global supply chains,” he said.
The programme was developed in line with wider industry efforts to advance regenerative agriculture and sustainable food systems. Its launch comes after more than four years of cross-sector collaboration, including pilot initiatives across 23 production systems in 25 countries.
SAI Platform said farmers had been central to the programme’s development, helping ensure it was relevant and workable at farm level, with the scheme designed to support farmer agency, reduce administrative burden and allow producers to decide which actions were most relevant to their own operations.
Forster said the level of collaboration behind the RTP reflected a “growing recognition that meaningful progress will only come through shared approaches and collective action.”
“The focus now is harnessing this momentum, scaling the implementation of regenerative agriculture, and moving the transition forward,” he added. “This will help to build more sustainable, resilient farming systems and protect the long-term future of global food supply chains.”
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