ic ▁pione er ▁and ▁Rod ale ▁Institute ▁founder ▁J . I . ▁Rod ale , ▁co ined ▁the ▁term ▁‘ reg ener ative ▁organ ic ▁agricult ure .’ ▁The ▁term ▁distinguished ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁far ming ▁that ▁goes ▁beyond ▁simply ▁‘ s ust ain able .’ ▁Reg ener ative ▁organ ic ▁agricult ure ▁“ t akes ▁advantage ▁of ▁the ▁natural ▁t endencies ▁of ▁e cos ystem s ▁to ▁reg ener ate ▁when ▁dist urbed . ▁In ▁that ▁primary ▁sense ▁it ▁is ▁distinguished ▁from ▁other ▁types ▁of ▁agricult ure ▁that ▁either ▁opp ose ▁or ▁ignore ▁the ▁value ▁of ▁those ▁natural ▁t endencies .” ▁This ▁type ▁of ▁far ming ▁is ▁marked ▁by ▁" t endencies ▁towards ▁closed ▁nut ri ent ▁loops , ▁greater ▁divers ity ▁in ▁the ▁bi ological ▁community , ▁fewer ▁annual s ▁and ▁more ▁per enn ial s , ▁and ▁greater ▁reli ance ▁on ▁internal ▁rather ▁than ▁external ▁resources ." ▁ ▁John ▁T . ▁L yle ▁( 1 9 3 4 – 1 9 9 8 ), ▁a ▁landscape ▁architecture ▁professor ▁saw ▁the ▁connection ▁between ▁concepts ▁developed ▁by ▁Bob ▁Rod ale ▁for ▁reg ener ative ▁agricult ure ▁and ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁develop ▁reg ener ative ▁systems ▁for ▁all ▁other ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁While ▁reg ener ative ▁agricult ure ▁focused ▁sole ly ▁on ▁agricult ure , ▁L yle ▁expanded ▁its ▁concepts ▁and ▁use ▁to ▁all ▁systems . ▁L yle ▁understood ▁that ▁when ▁developing ▁for ▁other ▁types ▁of ▁systems , ▁more ▁complicated ▁ideas ▁such ▁as ▁entropy ▁and ▁emer gy ▁must ▁be ▁taken ▁into