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Every company sourcing agricultural raw materials depends on one thing: soil.
Yet today, a third of the world’s soils are degraded. That means less resilience, more emissions, and growing risk for supply chains — and the people behind them.
At Earthworm Foundation, we work with companies and farmers worldwide to regenerate the soils that feed supply chains, absorb carbon, and sustain ecosystems. Regenerative agriculture (Regen Ag) is only possible when it starts with soil.
Not as a checkbox, but as the foundation for:
We work in sourcing landscapes worldwide, bridging farmers and brands, science and strategy, using soil health as common ground.
Let’s get down to business. Let’s get Down to Earth.
Explore our #DownToEarth approach to soil regeneration and regenerative agriculture.
In the soil, the earthworm connects the organic level to the mineral level. It goes up and down, and that movement and its digestive process creates humus. Creates life.
With companies in value chains, we do that same movement, between buyers and suppliers. And between civil society, government, agencies, and companies. Here we ensure that these actors collaborate to regenerate the supply chain. This way, their actions have a positive impact for people and nature. And the supply chains themselves become robust and resilient over time.
Soil regeneration isn’t the only aspect of regenerative agriculture (Regen Ag), but it’s a powerful place to start. Healthy soil strengthens farms and creates common ground for farmers, companies, and experts to connect. It opens the door to wider conversations about biodiversity, climate, and livelihoods.
We can make real progress by focusing on results rather than rigid practices and encouraging collective action across the value chain to support and reward farmers.
To know what needs to be improved/regenerated. We measure soil health, biodiversity, impact on climate, profitability for the farmer, autonomy of the farm.
For the farmer and for the farm advisors. We build capacity through trainings, coaching, field tours and forming peer groups.
To economically ‘de-risk’ the process of transition for the farmer. We ensure that the extra cost of transition is covered, the farmer is rewarded for the progress and the performance.
At Earthworm, regenerative agriculture is about making soil health the key pillar of productivity.
Take Humberto Chávez’s story, for example, that began decades ago on his 50-hectare farm in Ucayali, Peru.
What started as a childhood dream to work with animals and water sources became something far bigger, a journey into sustainable palm oil, land regeneration, and climate resilience.
Over the past two decades, Humberto has faced the realities of drought, declining yields, and soil degradation. But instead of giving up, he has adapted.
From planting trees with farmers in India to mapping soil health in Peru and supporting crop diversification in France, each year has added to our understanding of what regeneration looks like on the ground.
This timeline shares key moments in our work to improve soil, support farmers, and strengthen supply chains.
Earthworm have helped embed regeneration not just into farming practices, but into the operating logic of supply chains. These strides are not isolated successes—they signal a broader shift toward food systems that are robust and resilient, climate-conscious, and rooted in healthy soil.
Earthworm Foundation is bringing about a soil-led transformation across French agriculture.
Improving soil health isn’t only a technical task—it’s deeply human.
Edi used to rely on logging to support his family. Liza was a housewife with no income of her own. Today, both are part of a farming collective in Muara Bungkal, Indonesia—growing crops, rebuilding their land, and supporting each other through floods and harvests. With support from Earthworm Foundation, they’re proving that regeneration starts with people.
Is it truly possible to scale up regenerative agriculture?
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Farmers are the true heroes of the regenerative agriculture movement, not just for what they grow, but for the risks they take to grow differently. In the face of degraded soils, rising costs, and a changing climate, they choose to restore rather than extract.
At Earthworm Foundation, our three pillar approach—measure, support, incentivise—is shaped by what we’ve learned from these farmers. This section is where you can hear directly from them—their stories of struggle, courage, regeneration, and hope.
Spend A Day In The Life Of Pak Attan, a farmer from the Sinai Mok village, and a palm smallholder. He is associated with Earthworm’s RegenAg efforts for many years now. His focus is on how to get best soil for the palm he grows.
Spend A Day In The Life Of Koalga Sombe Jean. This short documentary offers a window into the daily realities, challenges, and quiet triumphs of a smallholder farmer whose story echoes that of many across West Africa, where resilience grows in the soil, and the future begins with a seed.
Earthworm Foundation’s soil initiatives are built on collaboration. From multinational brands to farmer cooperatives, its partners span the entire value chain—each playing a role in restoring soil health and building resilient agricultural systems. These members and allies bring scale, expertise, and local presence to the shared mission of making regenerative agriculture mainstream.
Nestlé Purina, PepsiCo, Noriap ou Maisadour, McDonald’s, Grupo Bimbo, Vivescia, Bel, KellaNova, Lidl France, Tereos, Coop, Saint louis sucre, Oxyane, HSBC, Kermap.
