ONE for 100 Monarch Butterfly Initiative.
Why is this initiative important?
Monarch butterflies are one of the most iconic and recognizable pollinators in North America and play a vital role in the health of our food system. However, they are facing a significant decline in population due to factory farming, urban development and the use of pesticides & herbicides that destroy their habitats.
Milkweed is the only plant that monarch butterflies lay their eggs on, and it is also the primary food source for their larvae. By planting milkweed, we are not only creating essential habitat for monarchs, but we are also building a more resilient and secure food system.
How can you help?
When you purchase a regenerative meat box from REP Provisions, you’re not only providing food and habitat for monarchs across America’s prairies, but also supporting the transition from one agricultural paradigm to the next.
As a regenerative meat company, our newest initiative to generate habitat and food for this brilliant butterfly feels more like a partnership, than a one sided exchange. If we’re going to transform our food system as one that heals instead of hurting our planet, people, and all living creatures on it, we’re going to need all the help we can get.
For each Verified regenerative meat box sold, we’re planting 100 milkweed seeds on our ranches and prairie lands to restore monarchs migration corridors
Regeneration and the monarch butterfly go hand in hand. They remind us to hold out hope, and that we have power to transform, endure, and rebuild a system that works better for consumers, farmers, and the planet.
Please share this initiative with your friends and click here for more information on our 1 for 100 initiative.
Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to partnering with you to create a happier planet and a brighter future.
Regenerative FAQs
Regenerative Agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to farming and food production. To put it simply, it’s a way of raising animals that benefit nature and improve the land they live on. We believe that happy prairies are the key to healthy people and we are doing everything we can to make sure they stay that way.
Regenerative agriculture focuses on: topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, carbon sequestration, improving water-cycles, and ecological restoration. GO A LITTLE DEEPER.
Regenerative meat is simply meat that was raised by farmers using holistic practices on land that is regenerating and becoming healthier over time. The term "regenerative meat" is more about how the animals were raised and how the land was managed than about the meat itself.
Regenerative agriculture describes holistic farming systems that, among other benefits, improve water and air quality, enhance ecosystem biodiversity, produce nutrient-dense food, and store carbon to help mitigate the effects of climate change.
At REP we are also seeing that these changes create better tasting food with higher nutrient-densities. The product is more flavorful and it's better for you. Our beef was tested by Michigan State University and has some incredible benefits.
Grass-finished comes from animals that ate nothing but grass and forage for their entire lives. Grass-fed, on the other hand, may be used to label meat from animals that were started on a grass diet but have either received supplemental grain feed or are finished on a fully grain-based diet. Grass-fed does not mean that the animal spent any time in a pasture, they could have been fed hay in a feedlot. 100% Grass-fed is NOT the same as grass-finished and pasture-raised. Our beef is 100% Grass Fed and grass finished, raised on pasture their entire lives.
Rotational grazing is the practice of containing and moving animals through pasture to improve soil, plant, and animal health.
Only one portion of pasture is grazed at a time while the remainder of the pasture “rests.” To accomplish this, pastures are subdivided into smaller areas, referred to as paddocks, and livestock are moved from one paddock to another.
Resting grazed paddocks allows forage plants to recover and deepen their root systems.
Through photosynthesis healthy grassland ecosystems remove carbon from the atmosphere and store in the soil (where it belongs!). In order to maximize the carbon sequestering capacity of these thriving grasslands the symbiotic presence of grazing animals is required. As a result when managed in nature’s image; cattle, bison and other ruminant animals have the ability to enrich a system that reverses climate change.