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Fifth-generation farmer in Williamsport, Indiana, running certified organic row crops with no tillage, cover crops and no purchased inputs, a system he calls regenerative organic stewardship. Named National No-Till Innovator of the Year in 2022.

Agroecologist, director of the Ecdysis Foundation and CEO of Blue Dasher Farm in Brookings, South Dakota. Eleven years as a USDA research scientist, a PhD in entomology, and a body of work on insect diversity and what regenerative systems do for it.

Born and raised in Kerman, California, where he watched his grandfather build sandy soils with gin trash and cow manure to grow better raisin grapes.

He has worked across the spectrum of production agriculture, from full-chemical systems to certified organic, and takes the most effective elements of each into a model that pursues high yields while strengthening soil and plant health.

Managing Director of Regenerative Crop Consulting. Twenty-eight years as an agronomist, farm manager, grower and plant nutrient product expert, farming in California and the Pacific Northwest with ecologically sound methods, and now sharing that knowledge with other growers.

Fifth-generation farmer and part owner of Wylie Farms in Madera, California, managing pistachio and citrus orchards. He builds on a legacy begun by his father Craig and uncle Chris, pistachio pioneers since the 1970s under the mentorship of Bob Peterson.

Re-elected to the industry board of directors in 2024, where he is Vice Chair and chairs the membership committee, and an advocate for regenerative practices across the pistachio industry.

Founder of BTV Grazing Co., which provides grazing services for regenerative agriculture. He grew up farming and specializes in integrating livestock into orchards and vineyards to build soil health, improve biodiversity and reduce chemical inputs, combining traditional knowledge with modern regenerative practice.

Researcher, statistician and data analyst with more than 30 years in agriculture, pairing microscopic analytical precision with computer science. His work with UC Cooperative Extension in Kings, Tulare and Fresno Counties put him alongside leading farm advisors on integrated pest and disease management and irrigation.

He is now leading the transition from conventional to regenerative agriculture at RK Limited in Fowler, California.

Central Valley native, born in Fresno and raised in Chowchilla. Farming for 11 years and working with cover crop systems for the last nine, with practices built around soil health and working within nature's rhythm rather than against it.

Fourth-generation farmer and manager of Chinchiolo Farming Co. in San Joaquin County, with a business degree from the University of the Pacific.

Through Lodi Blooms, a cherry u-pick that brings thousands to the orchard each spring, and Linden Blooms, a fall corn maze and pumpkin patch, he has built experiences that reconnect people to agriculture. He believes farming can be regenerative for the community as well as the soil.

Operations manager at Machado Family Farms, where he runs the walnut hulling and drying operations. Sheep grazing and cover crops in the orchards have improved soil health and cut the need for pesticides. Before joining the farm he worked with the California Public Utilities Commission as an ombudsman to agriculture.

"If I'm not going to feed it to my kids, I'm not going to ship it off for someone else to feed their children."

A 26-year-old third-generation farmer and Cal Poly graduate, two years into a 100-acre regenerative farming project, failures and lessons included. He sees shrinking margins and slow adoption of efficient practices as the reasons agriculture keeps struggling, and soil regeneration as a key piece of the answer.

Runs Burroughs Family Farms, the first Regenerative Organic Certified almond farm in the world. Fifth generation on the same ground in Denair since 1894, and the one who put the sheep in the orchard.

Born and raised in Carpinteria, California. In 2008 he and his wife Kathy bought Vista Punta Gorda, a steep 700-acre avocado and lemon farm near his hometown, and around 2011 began moving it to regenerative and organic practices, dropping glyphosate and conventional inputs.

The 2017 Thomas Fire destroyed over 200 acres; they have replanted every year since. Fifteen years in, the farm has reached a high state of soil and ecosystem function, and the whole family, three children included, works the ranch.

Ward and Rosie Burroughs built the farm the family runs today. They are the people who chose to plant the cover crop, put the sheep in and give up the sprays.

Fourth-generation grower and founder of Abundant Harvest Organics near Kingsburg, on ground his family has farmed since 1893. He moved the farm from conventional to organic in 2003 and was an early adopter of Regenerative Organic Certification, at the gold level.

With his son Erik he grows peaches, plums, nectarines and apricots, packs fruit for neighboring farms, and keeps around a hundred people working year-round. Cover crops feed the soil and hold the carbon.

With his wife Denesse, founded T&D Willey Farms in Madera in 1980 and certified it organic in 1987: 75 acres, more than fifty vegetable crops, and a year-round harvest for West Coast retailers, restaurants and a CSA of 800 families.

In 2017 they handed the farm to Food Commons Fresno so it would keep feeding the community. Tom hosts Down on the Farm on KFCF 88.1 in Fresno and serves on the Real Organic Project team.

Grandson of a Japanese immigrant who came to California in 1917, farming around 100 acres in Kingsburg. Organic since 2007 and certified in 2009, with a cover crop after every harvest to rebuild the soil and keep it in place.

A 2019 State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program grant paid for irrigation upgrades that cut both water and energy use on the farm.