Written by Keith Berns
When my brother Brian and I started Green Cover back in 2008, we weren’t just starting a seed company. We were making a statement about what we believed the land was created to do and what it could become again if farmers gave it the chance. God created the soil, the plants, and the intricate biology that ties them together and declared it good, and that declaration still holds. We’ve spent the last sixteen years helping farmers get back to it, one farmer, one conversation, and one cover crop mix at a time.
Our mission is to help people regenerate, steward and share God’s creation for future generations. Our friends at American Regeneration share this same passion. American Regeneration was founded on the belief that restoring the land and restoring people’s health are the same work, just approached from different angles. Their nonprofit mission reflects this by connecting farmers, health practitioners, and communities around practical regenerative solutions. It’s the kind of organization that sees agriculture not just as an industry but as a foundation for how families and communities thrive.
That’s why I’m genuinely excited to tell you about the American Regeneration Conference and ACRES USA conference, The New American Dream, happening May 1-2 at Sovereignty Ranch in Bandera, Texas, and why Green Cover is proud to be a sponsor.
We have all been in many agricultural meetings and conferences over the years, and the ones that impact us the most are those where the messages and the practices actually match. This event has that quality. It’s built around the idea that soil health and human health are inseparable, that what we do to the ground underneath us eventually shows up in the food on our tables and the bodies of the people we love. That’s a conviction that many of us have held for a long time, rooted in the same understanding of creation that shapes everything we do at Green Cover.
One of the main reasons I want to personally encourage you to attend is the great line up of speakers that they have assembled for this event:
Rick Clark —our friend, customer, and leader in regenerative organic farming.
Mollie Engelhart — founder of Sovereignty Ranch, regenerative farmer, advocate for rebuilding local food systems and one of my favorite columnists (she writes for the Epoch Times)
- Matt Powers — educator, author, and citizen scientist focused on biology-based soil rebuilding and a great friend of Green Cover
- Mark Shepard — leading voice in agroforestry and permaculture, helping farmers transform degraded land into productive ecosystems
- Bob Quinn — fourth-generation Montana farmer, PhD in plant biochemistry, and founder of Kamut International
- Kelly Ryerson — co-founder of American Regeneration and founder of Glyphosate Facts, bridging science, policy, and public awareness
- Dr. Ben Edwards — holistic family physician connecting soil health to human health and nutrient-dense food as medicine
- Erin Martin — co-founder of FreshRx Oklahoma and certified Regenerative Soil Advocate
- Ryland Engelhart — co-founder of American Regeneration and regenerative agriculture movement builder
- and more…..
The venue itself is a 200-acre working regenerative ranch, so the conversations don’t stay in the room. You can walk the land, see the systems in practice, and eat food that was raised on those same acres. That’s the kind of immersive experience that changes how you think about your own operation when you get back home.
Cover crops have always been at the heart of what we do at Green Cover because they are one of the most practical ways to restore what God designed the soil to do, feeding biology, cycling nutrients, protecting structure, and building long-term resilience. The work this conference champions runs exactly parallel to that mission, and we are proud to sponsor the event.
