User talk:Steminist04/Regenerative agriculture

External Review
Hi Steminist04 - My name is Jolie, and I'm the Project Coordinator for the WikiProject Limnology & Oceanography team. Your external reviewer for your article on Regenerative Agriculture doesn't have a Wikipedia account, so I'm posting their review on their behalf. If you have any questions, or would like to clarify anything, please feel free to contact the reviewer directly at the email that's provided at the end of their review. Thanks, and all the best as you wrap up your Wikipedia editing assignment!

Hi Steminist04,

Great job on your WikiProject page! It was great to read about your research and see the changes you made to the existing page on “regenerative agriculture”. I am a PhD Candidate at Indiana University in Bloomington, currently on track to finish my doctorate degree in the next year. My research focuses on freshwater biogeochemistry, with a special focus on nutrient cycling, stoichiometry, and the linkages between nutrients and harmful algal bloom formation. I work in agricultural landscapes in northern Indiana and have participated in a number of projects assessing the impact of various agricultural conservation practices on nutrient runoff. Your WikiProject on Regenerative Agriculture in near and dear to my heart! Here are my initial impressions on your edits:

1.	I think you could improve the introduction by adding a sentence or two about the main goal of regenerative agriculture. You already mention it is a “conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems” but WHAT does this mean for agricultural ecosystems? What kind of factors do regenerative agricultural practices consider to improve ecologic sustainability?

2.	I like that you changed the section titled “Roots” to “Development”. With a topic on agriculture, the section “Roots” was a little confusing! Good change

3.	In the “2010s onward” section, I would have liked to see a little more detail on carbon sequestration in soils and how regenerative agriculture affects this. Rather than listing links to the various articles, could you describe what you learned from them?

4.	Policy and Politics section: I really like how you have really current events happening in the Biden Administration! This keeps the article very relevant!

Overall, your article is thorough and it’s clear you’ve done a lot of research into the topic of regenerative agriculture. I enjoyed reading and clicking through the links – you have really improved Wikipedia for all of us!

Please feel free to reach out to me if you’d like to ask questions about my review.

All the best, Lienne Sethna (lsethna@iu.edu)

JoGDelta (talk) 21:05, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

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Hi Steminist04- My name is Drew and I am a current student at the University of Minnesota taking EEB 4611 with you!

You have lots of great sources for this topic! I am interested to see what you end up adding for additional information to the sections!

For the "2010s onward" section, it may be beneficial for the readers to have a brief summary of the primary points books, TED talks, etc. This can provide a little more background to the importance of the source-- why is regenerative agriculture "the savior of the earth," what is so important about "fighting and reversing climate change" when it comes to regenerative agriculture.

Thanks for taking the time to gather this information! Respectfully, Drew Payne266 (talk) 02:38, 7 April 2021 (UTC)