The Rodale Institute

The institute also researches the effects of growing food without chemical pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers on human health, water quality, climate change, and more.

The institute allies with national and state-level organic certification programs, industry leaders and elected officials to help shape policy.

He wrote that regenerative organic farming can use its own internal resources to improve soil fertility and productivity over time, rather than relying on expensive—and potentially environmentally damaging—outside chemical inputs.

The Rodale Institute conducts research that seeks to improve the viability, productivity and documented ecological services of organic farming using current agricultural technologies and practices.

FST found that after fields undergo a multi-year transition period to restore biological activity, organic yields are comparable to those of conventional systems.

[5] Current experiments also pursue improvements in no-tillage and minimum tillage systems with the use of Rodale's "no-till roller/crimper" device created by Jeff Moyer.

[7] Other experiments focus on biological pest controls, the use of mychorrhizal fungi[8] – hosted by root systems in a symbiotic relationship – to amplify crops' abilities to uptake nutrients, and time-sensitive planting to avoid insect cycles and maximize the use of growing degree day(s).

Rodale Institute has 8 locations, including four Regional Resource Centers, satellite campuses in which research into regenerative organic agriculture can be conducted at scale in different climates, soil types, and communities.