Organic Regenerative Agriculture Can Ease World Hunger and Reverse Global Warming

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nonprofit organization Regeneration International will hold a press conference today at 9 a.m. at the National Press Club, titled "The Future of Food: From Degeneration to Regeneration." A panel of ten international experts on organic agriculture, carbon sequestration and world hunger will speak to the capacity of organic regenerative agriculture to draw excess carbon from the atmosphere and sequester it in soil; how regenerative agriculture provides livelihoods for farmers, revitalizes local economies, and produces abundant food for populations most vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. For more information about World Food Day, Regeneration International and this press conference, please visit: http://www.regenerationinternational.org/world-food-day/.

Speakers will include Vandana Shiva, Ronnie Cummins, Tom Newmark, Andre Leu, and other prominent experts. For the full list of speakers, please visit: http://www.regenerationinternational.org/world-food-day-speaker-lineup.

A live stream of the conference will be available here: http://www.regenerationinternational.org/world-food-day-livestream.

Regeneration International http://www.regenerationinternational.org/ is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to building a global network of farmers, scientists, businesses, activists, educators, journalists, governments and consumers who will promote and put into practice regenerative agriculture and land-use practices that: provide abundant, nutritious food; revive local economies; rebuild soil fertility and biodiversity; and restore climate stability by returning carbon to the soil, through the natural process of photosynthesis.

SOURCE Regeneration International

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