Syntropic agriculture is the long-term direction society needs to go. As a farmer in US Midwest since 1996, I have transitioned the farm from an intensively farmed row-crop of corn and soy to a rotational, somewhat regenerative operation. This nearly three-decade transition was not done slowly, but at a pace that met our economic and personal needs and limitations.

To move toward a syntropic operation, I would need significantly more support from all those involved in the food and fiber supply chains.