Regenerative agriculture: a potentially transformative storyline shared by nine discourses

Abstract Modern agriculture is underpinned by a colonial, industrial and productivist discourse. Agricultural practices inspired this discourse have fed billions but degraded socio-ecological systems. Regenerative (RA) prominent alternative seeking to transform food production repair ecosystems. This paper proposes that RA supported shared storyline binding diverse actors discourses together—a coalition. Consequently, multiple contribute the over-arching of RA. A analysis was conducted on texts from ninety-six organisations complimented twenty-two interviews in Australia USA. identified nine contributing discourse: Restoration for Profit; Big Picture Holism; Organic; Regrarian Permaculture; Cultures; Deep First Nations; Agroecology Food Sovereignty; Subtle Energies. describes examines these component discusses tensions may make vulnerable co-optation greenwashing, diluting its transformative potential.