We  exist to empower and regenerate farming communities.

Regenerate = Re (again) + Generare (create).

We build on years of experience with regenerative agricultural development to sow the seeds of regeneration in and around farming communities worldwide.

Acknowledging the destructive legacy of extractive systems, we deploy funding to create systems that honor the entanglement of people and environment.

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Our Grantmaking Philosophy

The Yogi Foundation is committed to the regeneration of farmers and their communities. We support projects and institutions committed to creating anew.
Case Studies

Voices and projects that bring our values to life.

New ways of seeing – three films bring ingredients to life as characters.

2025

This year, we explored that question by funding the production of three short films about seemingly simple ingredients: ginger, cardamom, and cinnamon. But these films are not documentaries in the conventional sense. Instead, they are poetic, expressionistic works that bring ingredients to life — not as commodities, but as characters.

Rediscovering Wonder: an Invitation to Find Magic in Disenchanted Times

2025

In an age defined by crisis, a documentary following a disenchanted magician opens new spaces for wonder.

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A World of Spice: How Cinnamon Unites Global Cuisine

True Cinnamon: A Story of Spice, Struggle, and Legacy in Sri Lanka

2025

“The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.”

– Jane Addams