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Dr. André Leu is the International Director of Regeneration International, an organization that promotes food, farming, and land-use systems that regenerate and stabilize climate systems, the health of the planet, and people. Regeneration International has over 500 partners in 70 countries and works with numerous agricultural systems such as agroecology, organic, permaculture, ecological agriculture, holistic grazing, biological agriculture, organic agriculture, and agroforestry.
André is an expert in these fields, having spent over 50 years as an organic farmer specializing in tropical fruits. He has also spent more than 45 years working and visiting countries in the development of new crop systems across Asia, Europe, North American, South America, and Africa.
Andre has published three books entitled ‘Growing Life,’ ‘Poisoning our Children’ and the ‘Myths of Safe Pesticides,’
He has published extensively in magazines, newspapers, scientific journals, conference proceedings, newsletters, and websites and numerous media interviews for TV, radio, and online systems.
He lectures and teaches at universities, institutions, and workshops worldwide. He speaks at conferences, seminars, workshops, and United Nations events on every continent. He meets with governments, United Nations bodies, industry, farmers, consumers, and NGOs on the multi-functional benefits of regenerative agriculture.
Qualifications: Doctorate of Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resources, Rajamangala University of Technology, Chonburi, Thailand, 2022
Graduate Diploma in Adult Education, University of Technology Sydney, 1992
Bachelor of Arts Communications, with a Double Major in Social-Political Theory and Video Production, University of Technology Sydney, 1989
André and his wife Julia live on their organic tropical fruit farm in Daintree, Australia.
