Nick Offerman encourages support for regenerative agriculture

Actor and author Nick Offerman is encouraging farmers and consumers alike to support regenerative agriculture as demand for food continues to grow.

“Human civilization will benefit from having more stewards of the land not less.”

Offerman, who is also an accomplished woodworker and widely known for his role as Ron Swanson on NBC’s Parks and Recreation, says the current system supports industrial agriculture.

“Which organically is using soil to produce processed food ingredients instead of producing food you can eat.”

In his career, Offerman has produced two documentaries about regenerative agriculture: Look & See, and A Fork In The Road.

He tells Brownfield farmers will be essential to addressing global hunger, but long-term food production depends on maintaining healthy and productive land.

“The great thing about farmers is that they are stewards of the land. They are not extracting a product from the land from a distance. They are making their living from the health of the ecosystem.”

Offerman says farmers and ranchers have an opportunity to strengthen both food production and natural resources.