Lighthouse Farm Lab Spain: Regenerative Agriculture at a Landscape Scale

This course is for professionals involved in:

• Regenerative agriculture, dryland farming, landscape restoration
• Social innovation, rural development and community-building
• Corporate sustainability, strategy and investment in land-use systems, particularly looking at regenerative agriculture
• Organisations clarifying their own definition and approach to sustainability

• Explore large-scale regenerative models in dry and degraded landscapes
• Understand the social and entrepreneurial components of regeneration
• Examine how different stakeholders engage with regenerative transitions, and what role each of us has to play
• Analyse the economic and ecological effects of regenerative practices in large-scale production - at a landscape scale
• Critically use the term “regenerative agriculture” and separate fact from ‘fad’
• Apply a regenerative mindset and identify opportunities for your own practice

During the Lab, you will:

• Spend 4.5 days on a large-scale regenerative farm that implements organic and regenerative practices across almon, aromatics, and beef production systems in southern Spain
• Engage with rural entrepreneurs that are rebuilding local communities
• Learn from the farmers on business models and landscape regeneration (both the opportunities and the challenges)
• Explore how extreme weather events shape land-use decisions
• Work in groups to craft regeneration strategies that can be implemented in real-life

Before joining the Lab, you must complete the online learning modules to build a shared foundation. These modules provide essential concepts, farmer insights and system-thinking tools that prepare you to fully engage in the real-world learning experience on the farm.