Our Journal

Our daughter Sara and her beautiful family (husband Drew and our grandkids Elias and Eloise) visited us a few weeks ago, and they brought with them a gang of friends and other family members. It was spring break meets family reunion at Finca Luna Nueva, and the group exchanged photos to share their memories. The […]

October 9th, 2021 was a “Big Day,” where birders around the world went out canvassing their ecosystems, finding birds, and compiling bird species counts. We at Finca Luna Nueva always participate in these global counts, but this year offered up a twist. Not only did we have humans go out to find birds on our […]

by Tom Newmark, Chairman of The Carbon Underground, and member of the CRARS Leadership Council Artwork by Sam Hepburn. Guilty! Many of us in the regenerative agriculture movement describe the world’s soils as a “sink” into which excess atmospheric carbon can be stored, and we’ve been wrong. That mistake has diminished the appeal of our […]

The ecologist Carl Safina writes that “macaws are born to be wild. But becoming wild requires an education.” He wonders what happens when habitat loss or other pressures force them to relocate. What happens when caring humans rescue macaws and move them into a new region? Do those glorious creatures somehow ask “How can we […]

We are honored to be featured in the Rodale Institute White Paper titled: Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Solution. Where Tom Newmark (owner of Finca Luna Nueva) was given the opportunity to dive deep into the environmental climate crisis and the regenerative agriculture solution. “Global adoption of regenerative practices across both grasslands and arable […]

Part two of our coverage of this event looks at the experiences of two farmers who have chosen a regenerative approach: Tom Newmark, of Finca Luna Nueva, and Kamal Bell, of Sankofa Farms. By WholeFoods Magazine Staff -September 4, 202052 We are all—personally and professionally—reliant on farmers. Tom Newmark, Founder and Chair of The Carbon Underground, pointed […]

By WholeFoods Magazine Contributor -August 20, 202075 Edited by Maggie Jaqua One year ago on the pages of this magazine, experts stressed why it is critical that the world makes a shift to regenerative agriculture—and that we do so immediately. In an article titled Regenerative Agriculture: 25 Things to Know Now, Dave Herring, Executive Director of Wolfe’s Neck Center […]