EP 996 | Part 1 of 5 | Beyond Organic: What Is Regenerative Coffee? (Lucia Reid)
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Episode Description
This is episode 1 of a 5-part series on The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by Map It Forward with agroecologist and newly graduated master’s researcher Lucia Reid. In this series, we’re exploring how regenerative management practices influence coffee quality.
In this first episode, host Lee Safar and Lucia define what regenerative management actually means, and why it’s far more complex than the industry buzzword it’s often reduced to.
Lucia shares insights from her research in Brazil, where she and her team studied coffee farms across a spectrum, from conventional to highly regenerative systems. What emerges is not a fixed definition, but a dynamic, context-specific approach grounded in soil health, biodiversity, and long-term system resilience.
This conversation challenges the idea that regenerative agriculture is something you can standardise or certify in a simple way. Instead, it introduces regenerative management as a living system, one that depends on local ecosystems, farmer decision-making, and the interaction between environmental, social, and economic factors.
The episode also explores the concept of management systems at different levels, from plot to farm to landscape, and the many stakeholders that influence how coffee is grown.
This is the foundation for the rest of the series.
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