206 Yanniek Schoonhoven - Training the next generation of farmers with an academy and regenerative farm of 1100HA

A conversation with Yanniek Schoonhoven, co-founder of the Regeneration Academy, a physical learning hub and model farm in the South of Spain, about building a space and community to become practitioners, entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders in the field of regenerative agriculture and eco-system restoration, specialized in semi-arid areas.
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How do we expose the next generation of farmers to regenerative agriculture? Why is an 1100-hectare farm in a very high and dry area in one of the most threatened places when it comes to desertification, the perfect location to run and build a Regeneration Academy. A place where we can also expose active senior business leaders to regeneration.

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Chapters

• 2:30 Why are you doing what you are doing? Why Soil?
• 30:34 What should smart investors, who want to invest in regenerative agriculture and food look out for?
• 34:34 What would you do if you were in charge of a 1B investment portfolio tomorrow morning?
• 38:44 If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing in the agriculture industry from a sustainability point of view, what would it be?