MORE THAN ORGANIC.
IT'S REGENERATIVE ORGANIC CERTIFIED®
Regenerative Organic Certified® starts with organic and goes further, with third-party verified standards that support healthy soil, responsible farming, and fairness for the people behind every harvest.
GOOD FOR YOU.
BETTER FOR THE FUTURE
We believe healthy food starts with healthy soil. Regenerative Organic Certified® helps support farming practices that care for the land, protect natural resources, and strengthen farms for future generations.
What Is Regenerative Organic Certified®?
Regenerative Organic Certified® builds on the trusted foundation of organic and goes further, with third-party verified standards for soil health, animal welfare, and social fairness. It supports farming practices that build healthy soil, protect water systems, promote biodiversity, and care for the people who grow and harvest our food.
The Farming
Practices
Regenerative Organic Certified® farming practices help restore soil health, protect natural resources, and create more resilient farms from the ground up.
Organic is the Foundation
Certified organic means food is grown with care, following standards designed to support people, soil, and the planet. Organic farming uses organic-approved practices that work with nature to support soil fertility, manage pests, and help conserve natural resources and biodiversity. Certified organic products are grown and produced without the use of GMOs, in line with rigorous organic standards.
Regenerative Organic Certified® Goes Further
Regenerative Organic Certified® builds on organic standards with added care for soil, ecosystems, and the people behind our food. It raises the bar for soil health and land stewardship, supports farming practices that help protect biodiversity, includes standards related to water and ecosystem health, and promotes fairness for farmers and workers.
Together, organic and Regenerative Organic Certified® help food choices go further — supporting healthier soil, stronger farm communities, and a more resilient future from the ground up.
Living Soil
Healthy soil is alive. Beneath every orchard and field is a living system of roots, microorganisms, organic matter, and water. Regenerative organic practices help protect and feed that system, building stronger soil, supporting more resilient farms, and creating a healthier foundation for the fruit we grow.
Cover Crops
Help protect and feed the soil, reduce erosion, increase organic matter, return nutrients to the land, and support biodiversity.
Compost
Adds organic matter to the soil and feeds the living organisms that help healthy soil thrive.
Minimal Soil Disturbance
Helps protect soil structure, retain water, conserve soil life, and keep more carbon in the ground.
Natural Systems
Supports soil fertility and pest balance through natural systems and organic-approved practices instead of prohibited synthetic inputs.
Beyond the Soil
Regenerative organic farming recognizes that people are part of a healthy farming system. ROC standards include social fairness, helping support safer working conditions, collaboration, trust, and long-term team development.
This people-first approach is supported by Equitable Food Initiative’s Responsibly Grown, Farmworker Assured® certification, which focuses on social responsibility in fresh produce, helping to build a culture of worker engagement, collaboration between farmworkers and management, responsible labor practices, food safety, and continuous improvement.
A Choice That Goes Further
Every organic choice makes a difference. Regenerative Organic Certified® helps that choice go further by supporting farming practices that build soil health, protect water systems, promote biodiversity, and care for the people behind every harvest.
ROC is rooted in a simple idea: healthier farms start with healthier soil. Healthy soil supports the living systems that help farms thrive — and as more people look for food grown with purpose, there is growing interest in how soil health may connect to the quality, nutrient density, and flavor of the food we grow.
To better understand that connection, the Regenerative Organic Alliance is supporting ongoing research with Edacious to explore how Regenerative Organic Certified® agriculture may contribute to food quality, including nutrient density and other quality indicators.
When you choose ROC, you’re choosing more than organic — you’re supporting a way of farming that cares for the soil, the land, the people, and the future of food.
Choose More Than
Organic.
When you choose ROC, you’re choosing more than organic — you’re helping build healthier soil, stronger farms, and a better future.
