John Kempf
2024
John Kempf is the founder of Advancing Eco Agriculture, a regenerative agronomy consulting company, and KindHarvest.ag, an agriculture social network.
John founded Advancing Eco Agriculture in 2006 to share the knowledge, tools, and systems that regenerate farm profitability and soil and plant health. AEA has a track record of success in delivering exceptional yield and quality improvement results on millions of acres of fruit, nut, vegetable, and broad acre crops in North America. AEA is known for developing crop nutrition management systems that increase yields and profitability while reducing the need for fertilizers and pesticides.
John created KindHarvest.Ag in 2020 to make it easier for farmers to learn from each other in an online environment. Leading farmers from around the world ask questions and exchange their knowledge and experiences through forums, groups, and online classes.
John is the host of the Regenerative Agriculture podcast, where he interviews leading farmers and scientists that describe cutting edge practices and science that accelerates the healing of soil, crops, livestock, and our relationship to the land.
John’s mission is to have regenerative agriculture management systems implemented on 80% of all agricultural acres globally by 2040.
John is fascinated by the science of how soil and plant systems actually work, and enjoys connecting the dots that are often ignored. He writes about what he is discovering and working on at johnkempf.com.
My Sessions
Booksigning – John Kempf
John Kempf will be signing copies of his book ‘Quality Agriculture: Conversations about Regenerative Agronomy with Innovative Scientists and Grower’ at the Magic Teapot
Managing Nutrition for Insect Resistance
We know that insect and disease pressure often begins in one area of a field. Insects do not show up in fields at random. Instead, they are attracted to plants transmitting specific stress signals. These stress signals can be the result of extreme soil or weather conditions such as saturated soil or high temperatures, but […]
Adjusting Nitrogen Management to Regenerate Soil Health & Crop Performance
Nitrogen mismanagement results in increased disease and insect susceptibility, lodging, reduced protein content, degraded soil microbial communities, and reduced yield. Excessive nitrogen applied at the wrong time causes all sorts of nutritional imbalances, and nitrogen is one of the two nutrients most commonly applied in excess, which results in many common storage, quality, and insect […]
Untapped Potential in Regenerative Ag
Regeneratively managed crops should produce higher yields and profitability in the first season in most cases. If they do not produce this result, it is a reflection of the agronomic mismanagement and a focus on regenerative agriculture idealism rather than practical application. Many growers have never observed plants so healthy that they are resistant to […]
Rainfall Simulator
See the dramatic effect of two inches of rainfall on soils under different management regimes: no-till and cultivated, with and without cover and under permanent pasture.
Fireside Chat with John Kempf & Koen van Seijen
Hosts of the most followed and longest existing podcasts in the regenerative agriculture and food space, John Kempf and Koen van Seijen will be in conversation at Groundswell 2024. John bridges the cutting edge of regenerative science and professional farmers who want to improve their daily ag business and Koen bridges the worlds of finance […]