What does this research mean for the field?

Regenerative farmers in Norway are driving a potential paradigm shift in agriculture by embracing a 'microbial anomaly' and integrating knowledge that challenges the established cultural boundaries of contemporary agronomy. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To examine knowledge controversies in regenerative agriculture and understand how farmers navigate emerging concepts that challenge conventional agronomic paradigms.

September 8, 2026Environment and Planning E Nature and SpaceOpen Access

Curiosity and controversy: The emerging field of regenerative agriculture in Norway

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EEElin Helena Wyller Engkvist KSKaren Lykke Syse

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Qualitative field study reveals how regenerative farmers navigate agronomic paradigm clashes and the microbial anomaly, highlighting barriers to transforming conventional food production systems.

Key Points

To examine knowledge controversies in regenerative agriculture and understand how farmers navigate emerging concepts that challenge conventional agronomic paradigms.
Conducted qualitative interviews and participant observations across four growing seasons in Norway.
Applied theoretical concepts of Kuhnian paradigm shifts and Gieryn's cultural boundaries of science to analyze agronomic and institutional barriers.
Identified the 'microbial anomaly,' where emerging knowledge of microbially mediated plant nutrition and soil dynamics conflicts with established agronomic models.
Documented that farmers navigate institutional boundaries by pairing underutilized scientific research with experiential practices often dismissed by conventional experts.
Observed that structural and institutional support for transdisciplinary, farmer-led agronomic research remains marginal despite its potential for agricultural transformation.

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Engkvist et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd78a58e84d0ff5b463fb https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486261478093

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September 8, 2026Environment and Planning E Nature and SpaceOpen Access

Curiosity and controversy: The emerging field of regenerative agriculture in Norway

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Authors

EEElin Helena Wyller Engkvist KSKaren Lykke Syse

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Overview

Qualitative field study reveals how regenerative farmers navigate agronomic paradigm clashes and the microbial anomaly, highlighting barriers to transforming conventional food production systems.

Key Points

To examine knowledge controversies in regenerative agriculture and understand how farmers navigate emerging concepts that challenge conventional agronomic paradigms.
Conducted qualitative interviews and participant observations across four growing seasons in Norway.
Applied theoretical concepts of Kuhnian paradigm shifts and Gieryn's cultural boundaries of science to analyze agronomic and institutional barriers.
Identified the 'microbial anomaly,' where emerging knowledge of microbially mediated plant nutrition and soil dynamics conflicts with established agronomic models.
Documented that farmers navigate institutional boundaries by pairing underutilized scientific research with experiential practices often dismissed by conventional experts.
Observed that structural and institutional support for transdisciplinary, farmer-led agronomic research remains marginal despite its potential for agricultural transformation.

Cite This Study

Engkvist et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd78a58e84d0ff5b463fb https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486261478093

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