Timothy J. LaSalle, PhD, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Regenerative Agriculture Initiative, CSU Chico [ Ссылка ]
Timothy has served as the first CEO of Rodale Institute [ Ссылка ], Executive Director of the Allan Savory Center for Holistic Management, consultant, advisor, and research coordinator for the Howard Buffett Foundation [ Ссылка ] in Africa on soils and food security for smallholder farmers. He is Professor Emeritus of California Polytechnic State University [ Ссылка ], Adjunct Professor CSU Chico, and former President/CEO, of the California Agriculture Leadership Program.
Larry Kopald, Co-Founder of The Carbon Underground [ Ссылка ], considered a leading brand-building architect, Larry Kopald spent over twenty years at some of the world's leading advertising agencies overseeing advertising for companies ranging from American Express and McDonald's to Honda and Pepsico. Although coming up on the creative side, strategic analysis and development were always a critical part of his mission. During his time at agencies Leo Burnett, Ogilvy & Mather, DDB, and his own THINK Larry helped launch multi-billion dollar brands such as Acura, Oracle, and Chicken McNuggets, among others.
Tom Newmark, Co-Founder and Board Chair of The Carbon Underground [ Ссылка ] was CEO of the dietary supplement brand New Chapter, which was acquired by Proctor & Gamble in 2012. Since that time, Tom has focused on environmental activism with specific attention on regenerative agriculture. Tom is the co-owner of Finca Luna Nueva Lodge [ Ссылка ], a farm and ecolodge in the mountainous rainforest of Costa Rica that teaches regenerative agriculture.
Dr. Cindy Dailey is a professor within the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico, [ Ссылка ] and currently serves as the Rawlin's Endowed Professor for Environmental Literacy, and the Director for the Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems.
The 6TH Soil Not Oil Online Conference was co-organized by Navdanya International and the Soil Not Oil Coalition and this year, will emphasize the deadline to stop the 6th Mass Extinction which has been linked to loss of biodiversity and the spread of new viruses to which humans have not been in contact yet, causing a new trend of pandemics with unknown implication for human societies. It is why we advocate for agro ecological food systems, regenerative Ag, Ecosystem Restoration and any other tool that will help decarbonize and re-carbonize soils, we promote resilience and will continue connecting people from Kenya Mexico, India, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Puerto Rico, Cuba the USA and other countries where there are projects worthy to learn about.
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Global food security and the lives of future generations are at risk. The Soil Not Oil Coalition is part of a growing global movement headed by scientists, environmental organizations and citizens who share concerns and collect data that show that the decline in soil health is the result of the use of fossil fuels since the 1800's and the extended use of agro-chemicals in industrial agriculture since the 1960's. Those factors along with deforestation, acidification of the ocean and disruption of ecological cycles, have created a problem that can best be solved thru educating humanity on the tools and techniques available to sequester carbon back into the soil . We believe that restructuring land management practices is key to combating climate disruption, restoring water cycles, reducing global environmental pollution, stopping ocean acidification, re-establishing biodiversity, improving food production and revitalizing local economies across the planet.
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Navdanya and the Navdanya movement was created by Dr. Vandana Shiva 30 years ago in India to defend Seed and Food sovereignty and small farmers around the world. Navdanya pioneered the movement of seed saving and seed freedom, which began in response to the crisis of erosion of agricultural biodiversity and introduction of GMOs and patents on seeds through intellectual property rights (IPRs) and so-called ‘free trade’ agreements. It has long fought against biopiracy, the patenting of indigenous knowledge by self-interested multinational corporations and won cases related to Neem, basmati rice and wheat in India.
Navdanya promotes a new agricultural and economic paradigm, a culture of food for health, where ecological responsibility and economic justice replace the present greed, consumerism and competition which have become dominant in society. It aims at regaining the common good as a foundation for a renewed sense of community, solidarity and culture of peace. [ Ссылка ]
