La revolución silenciosa del campo: innovar para quedarse y regenerar el futuro:
Sin embargo, una nueva generación de agroempresarios está demostrando que el futuro —y la sostenibilidad del país— se siembra y se cultiva ahí mismo, entre la tierra, la ciencia y la innovación.
TL;DR
- Regenerative agriculture offers a solution to the 22% of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by the agricultural sector.
- New entrepreneurs are producing more, polluting less, and regenerating ecosystems, counteracting the loss of productive land due to conventional practices.
- Bioma Colombia, founded by Melisa Vergara and Felipe Zuluaga, uses agroforestry models and promotes regenerative agro-food systems, producing organic tomatoes and using a direct sales model.
- Campo Verde, led by Gerónimo Cardona Díaz, produces mycorrhizae and substrates, biofertilizers that regenerate soils and strengthen plants, with exports to Central and South America and Europe.
- Both projects benefited from business acceleration programs that provided structure, networks, and business knowledge.
- Regenerative agriculture has the potential to capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide and restore confidence in rural living, human health, and planetary well-being.
- Colombia has the potential to be a regenerative agricultural powerhouse due to its biodiversity, fertile lands, ancestral knowledge, and a committed generation.