Rodale Institute Breaks Ground On Ambitious New Center For Regenerative Organic Innovation, Part Of $139 Million Farmland Transition Campaign

The Rodale Institute is the heartbeat of organic and regenerative organic agriculture; the Rodale family coined those very terms.

Nearly 80 years since its founding, the nonprofit continues its tradition of working to transform our food system by breaking ground on its Center for Regenerative Organic Innovation on its historic 386-acre campus headquarters in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.

The new $24 million educational hub, set to open in Spring of 2028, will become an international mecca for advancing the practical and economic solutions that regenerative organic agriculture presents.

At a time when industrial agriculture has become over-reliant on synthetic chemical inputs and stripping our food of nutrient density and quality, Rodale Institute is not waiting any longer to take meaningful action. The Center will build upon Rodale’s years of research, education and real-world application in agriculture to help farmers build soil health through farming without synthetic chemicals.