The use of technology – such as AI – in regenerative agriculture is key. Biotech is also increasingly creating potential solutions. For instance, biotech leader Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA) is currently working on applications that use the power of plant microbiomes to improve strains for soil health, pest control, nutrient absorption, and disease resistance. By implementing solutions like that, farmland may maintain sufficient yield levels without the damaging results of methods in use today. Investing in the shares of companies championing these and other practices is crucial for sustaining crop yields, soil health, and biodiversity.

Other biotech advancements under development include work on crops that require less fertilizer, that are pest resistant, and that can use less water, or even be irrigated with seawater. These are among the many innovations that, when implemented at scale, can bring the regenerative approach to agriculture at the scale we need to feed everyone without simultaneously and dangerously risking our indispensable ecological underpinnings. Regenerative and sustainable agriculture cannot exclude technology if the goal is more efficient and precise production, less depletion of natural resources, and better performance of functions such as soil augmentation to provide indefinite yields.

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