The not-for-profit certifier A Greener World (AGW) has announced its Certified Regenerative by AGW programme is now open for applications from farmers, growers, and processors, following the completion of a comprehensive two-year pilot programme. This innovative certification provides a bespoke, whole-farm assurance of regeneration and sustainability, measuring benefits for soil, water, air, biodiversity, infrastructure, animal welfare and social responsibility.
As public interest in sustainability continues to increase and broaden in scope, the demand for rigorous, meaningful assurances of responsible farming practices has grown. Building on its successful family of leading labels, A Greener World’s Certified Regenerative programme is a whole-farm, plan-based regenerative certification—giving farmers, consumers and buyers confidence in reliability and impact.
Over the last two years, A Greener World has worked in partnership with an inspirational and motivated group of over 50 farms across the world to evaluate farm standards, plans and auditing procedures for the Certified Regenerative by AGW programme, which has been under development since 2017. Now that the pilot and public comment period has ended, AGW is opening the programme to new farm applicants. Certified Regenerative by AGW is designed to welcome farmers and growers of all backgrounds, meeting producers where they are as partners in a journey of regeneration.
Recognising every farm is a unique part of an ecosystem, the core of Certified Regenerative by AGW is a farm-specific, steward-led Regenerative Plan where producers assess risks, set goals and track progress toward their own meaningful milestones with support from qualified experts in agronomy, biodiversity, water quality and other fields. Plans are reviewed, approved, and then audited on an ongoing basis by A Greener World, offering farmers and consumers a third-party source of accountability for each farm’s regenerative progress.
A Greener World South Africa Executive Director Tozie Zokufa says,
“We’re delighted to open the Certified Regenerative by AGW programme to new applicants, after many years of development and an extensive global pilot. Our competitively priced programme is open to farmers and growers of all backgrounds and is designed to meet producers where they are, working with them to achieve their individual regenerative goals.
“We know the collection of practices described as regenerative can achieve genuinely positive outcomes. We believe this label offers producers a chance to verify their regenerative farm management practices through a trusted assurance—and provides an opportunity for producers to ensure regenerative doesn’t become yet another meaningless industry claim.”
