Soil is Life: Inspiration from a beautiful Italian Regenerative Farm in transition

Soil sustains all life on our planet. And yet, for decades, industrial farming practices have degraded and depleted the soil we depend on. It’s time for a change – and farmers like Matteo Mazzola and Paola Archetti are leading the way.

In this film, we take a tour of their farm on the stunning hillside above Lago d’Iseo, Italy, as Matteo explains how he’s promoting a healthy ecosystem from the soil up. Using low-cost, sustainable innovations alongside traditional farming techniques, Matteo and Paola are replenishing the land for generations to come – and proving that modern farming really needn’t cost the earth.

To find out more, and learn how you can be part of the Regenerative Agriculture Revolution:

This video is produced by EIT Food, the world’s largest and most dynamic food innovation community. Supported by the EU’s European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), we invest in projects, organisations and individuals that share our goals for a healthy and sustainable food system – with a focus on education, entrepreneurship, engagement and innovation.

Thanks to

Matteo Mazzola, Paola Archetti and family
Jessica Pastore
Tommaso Gizzi

Created by Storytravelers
Caspar Daniël Diederik | film and edit

[fritzfamiliavideos]

Hello, we are recovering an area degraded by monoculture here in southern Brazil, first we no longer allow monoculture cultivation, so we let the area rest for 5 years and now we are going to start making organic crops in agroforestry style. this action is taking place for me and my wife. We thank those who cheer for us. gratitude.

[clement]

They are doing an holistic management. The part where he speaks about animal grazing and moving them as soon as possible not to steap everywhere and compact and degrade soil is what Allan Savory has been advocating for a long time. Buon lavoro!

[dtf.eternal]

Man, Italy is to beautiful, the scenery, the land, the people, the food. I can see myself growing old and dying there.

[tjeerdvangennep]

The solutions seem so simple, the problem so stubborn. Traditional farming is still ruining our ecosystems, adapt and flourish... Keep up the good work, you guys are such an inspiration. Keep spreading your knowledge, thank you Grazie mille!

[barrybr]

That is such a stunning farm both in physical beauty and in method. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video.

[blueocean]

Thank you, good wishes, enjoy our beautiful ocean planet.

[wildlifegardenssydney]

Such an awesome message. Full of hope and wisdom. Fabulous cinematography 🙌👀

[davem]

Fantastic film, education is the iife blood of the future, film such as these are a great way of telling us what has to be done without the need to chastise us all . Im subscribing to your channel to be more informed about how to change my habits & mindset & pass this on to others too. Lets try to go beyond what makes money quickly & see the bigger picture. thank you & a big hello from great britain

[fortissimoX]

Thank you very much for making this video and spreading this important message!
You are doing great job, I wish you all the best!

[Carpe_the_F_Diem]

Such an awesome video guys! This is the way i like to live my life

[johnnygodfuel]

Beautiful video my friends, thank you for creating and sharing!

[JanWagner]

Many more have to see these kind of films about the regen movement. I liked it a lot!

[savesoil]

Thank you for this! Very relevant🙏
#SaveSoil #ConsciousPlanet🙏💚 #Mentsükatalajt #Tudatosbolygó 🌷🌻🌼🌺🌸💌

[kishkindhaa]

Shoutout to Sadhguru on the #SaveSoil campaign! Big respect! 🙏‍🙏‍

[tmaryon]

Really nicely made film! And great content

[vivalaleta]

Regenerative agriculture is the gospel - spread manure and the good news.

[differentgenx]

I live in England. Outsiders think England is so green, but its all show. The land is totally degraded. Farmers create mono-cultures such as rapeseed. Lots of herbicides and pesticides used everywhere. Lots of birds are in decline or virtually non-existent even common birds such as Sparrows there numbers are down 70%. Our politicians are only interested in protectiong big business and oil companies.

[franzwaltenspuhl]

I love the principles & use them somewhat. However I live in fire prone Northern California & leaving dried grasses & leaf material only adds to the fuel. I’m forced to rake the topmost driest debris & put in green waste. I compost as much as possible but it’s not enough. I wish for a solution for my community. Many burn regularly😞

[AllGrowing]

Wonderful work! It would be nice to visit them.

[zeitgeist]

Vegans don't understand that farms must be complete ecosystems, ecosystems that include livestock. The manure is a critically important contribution to the health of the soil.