Grazing Livestock: It’s not the cow but the how

This report advocates for:

• Joined-up Government action to support farmers in adopting regenerative practices that also deliver multiple public goods, and to encourage healthier, more sustainable diets.
• Application of the ‘polluter pays’ principle to incentivise the transition away from harmful farming practices.
• Government adoption of a harmonised approach to measuring farming’s climate, nature and social outcomes, providing clarity on how and where public money should be spent.
• Retail and food sector action to establish a long-term business case for regenerative farming, rewarding farmers for sustainable practices, and providing clear consumer labelling for livestock products.
• Support from the finance and philanthropic community to ‘prime the pump’ for the agricultural transition, including investment in local food infrastructure and farmer knowledge exchange.
• More research into regenerative grazing and biologically based farming systems more generally.