I grew up on a small corn farm in Iowa, and the push for regenerative agriculture feels both hopeful and heavy on my shoulders. We switched to cover cropping and no-till on 40 acres last season, and the soil health is visibly better—earthworms are back—but our yield dipped by 12% and the transition costs are steep without subsidies. Is it fair to expect smallholders to adopt these practices at their own risk, or should the burden fall on larger agribusinesses and policy makers?