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Regenerative Botanicals Learning Journey – Kenya (Jan 20–25, 2026)

A rare invitation to join global regenerative leaders in restoring ecosystems, strengthening communities, and building resilient botanical supply chains.

What happens when the world’s most seasoned grassroots ecosystem restoration leaders gather in one place?


They don’t just talk about change.


They share how to create trust-based philanthropic models that work. They teach each other new proven methods that succeed in empowering women, feeding families and creating uplifting nature-based livelihoods that regenerate land, revive culture, and co-create futures where their communities can thrive.

Join us in Kenya for the Regenerative Botanicals Learning Journey — a rare, immersive gathering hosted by Regenerative Farms at the Drylands Natural Resources Centre (DNRC) – a farmer training center, tree planting nursery, and value-added processing venture supplying international customers with high quality moringa seed oil.

🎥 Watch the DNRC story -explains how they produce moringa seed oil, train 860 families in agro-ecology, and transform degraded drylands into thriving food security agro-landscapes.
📸 Explore their photo gallery

The Drylands Natural Resource Centre offers tradiational banda style natural housing for guest accomodations.


WHY THIS LEARNING JOURNEY NOW?

⛔ USAID closure means billions in agricultural development and health support funds/staff disappeared abruptly
🔥 Meanwhile climate shocks are escalating, and gender violence, food insecurity, famine and conflict are on the rise
🌿 Biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods are at risk

WHAT’s THE SOLUTION?

Holistic, proven solutions exist to help communities strengthen their own ability to regenerate their lives.

We share the leasons learned from leaders whose innovation, tenacity, and trust-infused local partnerships are transforming land and lives in remote areas from the drylands of Kenya to the Amazon and rainforests of Indonesia, RF’s global network of Regeneration Hubs are proving a better, locally-led way forward is possible —they are planting millions of trees, creating thriving enterprises exporting a diversity of tree-based value-added botanicals, and generating powerful incentives for local investment in scaling women’s empowerment, forest protection, and tree planting in agro-ecological landscapes that protect ecosystem services like clean water, healthy soil, flood and drought protection, all while growing resilient food forests designed to nourish their communities.

In this learning journey -you will experience the day to day activities that make restoration work. You will walk in the shoes of producer women who live at the frontline of the climate and biodiversity crisis. You will hear what your foundation or company can do with your programs that truely make a world of difference, and you will hear from other funders and off-takers what they are challenged with in 2026 and share ideas on how collective action can make for larger strides and positive impacts despite the tide change communities are up against.

DNRC distributes thousands of tree seedlings to surrounding community members each year -like these nutritious highly valuable moringa “miracle trees”.


WHO THIS IS FOR:

💰 Philanthropic Funders → Invest in Collaborative Innovation Networks building climate, food & gender resilience at scale
🌿 Brand Sustainability & Sourcing Leaders → Co-create resilient botanical sourcing landscapes with grassroots and Indigenous land stewards producing ingredients like moringa, illipe butter, rosewood, cacao, sacha inchi, frankincense & more

Agro-Ecosystem Botanicals Social Innovators and Entreprenuers→ Learn from peers what works, what pit falls to avoid, and models for building trust with communities that lead to multi-dimensional benefits for land and people.


WHAT YOU’LL DO:

✅ Visit a working Regeneration Hub that trains 860 families in permaculture design and agro-ecology. The Centre aggregates farmers raw botanical products and provides value-addition processing with a seed oil cold press supplied by Regenerative Farms for their social impact venture. Their seedling nursery and seed oil sales help farmers generate income and reduce costs through shared marketing and support so they can sell their crops direct to buyers through international export value chains for their moringa and sunflower seed oil.
✅ Experience live seed oil solar drying equipment design/build & hear about how to design and build start-up essential oil processing equipment. Learn from Camino Verede’s community engagement and trust building methods for forest protection, native reforestation, and social venture from sustainably harvesting rare aromatic tree leaves and twigs. Participate in knowledge sharing across Regeneration Hubs and planning for scaling and adding of additional botanical ventures.
✅ Learn directly from peers who are restoring thousands of acres of degraded farmlands and building resilient food and livelihood security for remote communities in Kenya, Peru, the DRC, Indonesia, Haiti, Tanzania, Honduras, and the Gambia
✅ Build relationships that transform not only the resilience of natural ingredient sourcing — but the landscapes and lives behind the raw materials.

🌍 Who You’ll Meet

Confirmed participants include:


🌱 This Isn’t Just a Trip — It’s a Turning Point

If you’re serious about:

  • Trust-based philanthropy
  • Climate-adaptive sourcing
  • Forest protection and Indigenous sovereignty
  • Women’s economic empowerment

Then this is the most important field immersion you’ll attend this decade.


📩 RSVP & Contact

To express interest, request the full agenda, or talk about sponsorship:
📧 mary@regenerativefarms.org


Together, we will reverse ecological collapse while building economic dignity and sovereignty — from the ground up.

Let’s build a regenerative future, together.
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