Inside the USDA’s New ‘Regenerative Pilot Program’

Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins takes the stage to deliver a speech at the Farm Progress Show – September 1, 2026. Attribution: “20260901-USDA-OC-CRL-0120” by U.S. Department of Agriculture by Cecilia Lynch. Public Domain Mark. Article by Lisa Held. Civil Eats – September 21, 2026.

In June, regenerative farming advocates celebrated after President Donald Trump issued the first executive order (EO) ever dedicated to “advancing regenerative agriculture.” “This EO now engages the administration’s resources into supporting regenerative agriculture on an expanded scale,” researcher Jonathan Lundgren wrote on LinkedIn. “We are cautiously optimistic that this first step will support our bottom-up efforts to change the culture of food in the U.S. and globally.” At the center of the Trump administration’s plan is to “maximize the funding” and “expand the reach” of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Regenerative Pilot Program (RPP), announced at the end of 2025. […]

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