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Introducing: the Regenerative Agriculture Megasite

Healthy alternatives to heavy industrial development

Why propose alternative developments?

Nature abhors a vacuum. The communities that have been targeted for heavy industrial development do need revitalization and investment. But these heavy industrial projects are not what they need.


In order to protect these sites, and Michigan's water and land at large, we must help our policymakers, legislators, developers, and investors understand that there is another path. More than that: we must map out that path and actively advocate for it.


In collaboration with grassroots communities across the state and based on copious scientific and market research, we've developed an alternative model for large-scale economic development which we call the "Regenerative Agriculture Megasite".

Statewide Grassroots Discovery Workshop

August 2024, Marshall, Michigan

Report compiled by Jarran Fountain.

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The Case for the Regenerative Agriculture Megasite

The Regenerative Agriculture Megasite will be more lucrative to the local community than heavy industrial development; it will generate more jobs; it will improve local food security; it will revitalize local retail; it will stimulate growth up and down the agricultural supply chain; and it will fight climate change by restoring soil and native habitats. It represents a significantly lower financial investment than heavy industrial, and it’s centered around a recession-proof industry: food and fiber.


Most of all: the Regenerative Agriculture Megasite will position local communities to lead critical innovation in not just food systems, but also in materials and energy, all through the healing framework of nature’s closed-loop systems.

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