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Partnership to offer farmers fully funded access to Regenified's verification standard to help measure and demonstrate progress towards sustainable practices
The Duchy of Cornwall estate has formed a new partnership with regenerative agriculture certification and verification company Regenified to support its ambition for all farms across its 53,000 hectare estate to follow regenerative principles by 2035.
Launched today at the regenerative agriculture Groundswell festival, the Duchy said the initiative forms part of its wider ambition and commitment to become a nature rich and net zero estate.
As part of the initiative, the Duchy said its tenants will be supported and encouraged to take part in Regenified's '6-3-4' verification standard, which provides a framework for measuring progress against regenerative farming principles, including improvements in soil health and other indicators of progress towards more sustainable practices.
By providing a clear verification framework, the Duchy said the partnership will help farmers understand their farms' current environmental performance, track progress over time, and demonstrate the value of regenerative farming practices that promise to enhance climate resilience and improve soil quality while sustaining or improving yields.
The Regenified partnership launched alongside the Duchy's new regenerative Farm Business Tenancy (rFBT), which offers a long-term tenancy model that is designed to support more resilient, productive, and nature-rich farming systems.
The Duchy explained the tenancy sets out how it will work with tenants to apply Regenerative Land Management principles in line with the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice.
"Regenerative farming has an important role to play in building resilient, profitable farm businesses while improving soil health, biodiversity and the long-term condition of the land," said Matthew Morris, rural director for the Duchy of Cornwall.
Salar Shemirani, CEO at Regenified, also welcomed the new partnership. "Regenerative agriculture is not a fixed destination, but a journey of continuous improvement - and that journey becomes far more powerful when farmers can measure, evidence and build on the progress they are making," he said.
"For an organisation of the Duchy's history and stature to back its farmers in this way sends an important signal: that producing good food, restoring nature and building profitable farming businesses are not competing aims. They are the foundation of a more resilient future for British agriculture."
