I hold a PhD from Harvard University and in my former life taught Asian religions and environmental ethics in higher education. I’m originally from Finland and have put my roots down in the Carolinas of the US.

I’m Mari Jyväsjärvi Stuart.

I help food and agriculture brands, NGOs, and land-based project developers turn regenerative agriculture or nature-based solutions commitments into programs that actually work in the field. Most organisations making those commitments know what they want to achieve, but they don't know how to get from here to there: what a credible program looks like, how to structure it for the land and communities involved, how to measure it, and how to make it fundable.

I've spent a decade doing this work directly — designing and running regenerative programs across multiple countries and commodities, building the MRV systems that make outcomes legible to funders and partners, and navigating the gap between ecological science and commercial reality that trips up most well-intentioned efforts. I don't just advise on what good looks like; I've built it.

I partner with organizations that are serious about implementation and impact. I bring to our collaboration a broad systems thinking approach and an inquisitive, holistic Humanities lens that keeps the “culture” in regenerative agriculture, connects people to place, and is committed to weaving just and mutually beneficial relationships.