Objectives

We want to quantify the improvement in soil’s water retention capacity resulting from applying regenerative farming practices. The experiment is taking place on the Klompe Farm, a third-generation Dutch family farm located just south of Rotterdam. The farmland surface is approximately 300 hectares, among which 75 hectares are managed regeneratively, with a crop rotation plan representative of the widely used crops in North Western Europe (wheat, potatoes, onions and leguminous plants). For the purpose of the experiment 35 hectares are farmed conventionally to serve as a point of reference. For all plots, the same data will be collected by experts from the University of Wageningen, using the same collection method. We will share the results publicly to prove the environmental efficiency of regenerative farming.