This document is currently binding, as of March 1st, 2026. It will remain binding until further notice.
On September 8th, 2025, Rainforest Alliance released the Regenerative Agriculture Standard (RAS). The Regenerative Agriculture Standard will first be available to farm CHs as an add-on to the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard (SAS). This policy sets out the additional certification and auditing rules for farm CHs for the implementation of the RAS as an add-on to SAS certification. These rules shall be implemented alongside the existing, binding Certification Rules for Farm v1.1 and Auditing Rules for Farms v1.1.