Tag: carbon credits

Just 1% of US farmers have signed carbon farming contracts, according to Purdue survey

March 20, 2023

So far, carbon markets have proven more beneficial to corporates trying to offset emissions than to the farmers themselves.

Exclusive: Loam Bio raises $73m Series B from Lowercarbon, Acre, others to boost soil carbon

February 13, 2023

Australia-based Loam Bio’s microbial seed inoculum could help farmers store more carbon in the ground and more easily enter carbon markets.

Temasek, Lowercarbon Capital, Toyota, Felicis invest in $21m Series A for Living Carbon’s ‘super trees’

January 17, 2023

Climate biotech startup Living Carbon says its “photosynthesis-enhanced trees” can grow twice as fast as other trees and capture more carbon.

BREAKING: Terramera spinout enrichAg officially launches with $6m from At One Ventures

January 12, 2023

EnrichAg’s novel sensing technology aims to make soil analysis faster, more accurate and cheaper for farmers and agronomists.

Innovation in agriculture and food and its vital role in fighting climate change

January 4, 2023

Through innovation, six major trends, from agrifintech to farm management software, are repositioning the sector and unlocking its game-changing potential.

Brief: Just 5% of US farmers plant cover crops to capture carbon, says Purdue survey

October 18, 2022

Improving soil health, controlling erosion and boosting yields are the main motivators for using cover crops on US farmland.

How St. Louis cultivates collaboration between agtech and geospatial tech to strengthen food security

August 22, 2022

St. Louis is in many ways the point of intersection for the agtech and geospatial sectors when it comes to improving our global food system.

Benson Hill’s closed-loop system is front and center of first-ever ESG report

August 3, 2022

Less than one year after going public, crop genetics company Benson Hill discusses the role its closed-loop farming system has over all of its ESG metrics.

Brief: Agreena acquires Hummingbird Technologies to ‘strengthen the integrity of carbon farming’

July 28, 2022

Agreena will bring Hummingbird’s remote monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) technology in-house to further scale and validate its carbon market.

BREAKING: ProducePay & ALLCOT announce a carbon offset program for produce growers

July 19, 2022

The forthcoming program aims to help produce growers generate residual income from carbon credits and become more resilient to climate change.

X-Centric is bringing down the time & cost of on-site soil carbon analysis

July 7, 2022

Co-founder Roozbeh Ravansari says the startup’s ‘point-and-shoot’ system can help facilitate emerging ag carbon markets and optimize fertilizer use.

Q&A: How Harry Stebbings-backed Pachama is using to tech to improve forest carbon markets

June 3, 2022

Fresh off a Series B fundraise, Pachama discusses how its technology could make forest carbon markets less fragmented and more productive.

UPDATE: Ag Carbon Market Map: Meet the 75 companies helping to harness the benefits of regen ag

May 26, 2022

Ag carbon markets are becoming more viable thanks to smart program design and innovative tech, Matthew Guinness writes.

Regrow raises $38m Series B funding to expand reach of its regen ag tech platform

May 24, 2022

Regrow will use the funds to boost its presence in “key food-producing regions across the globe,” says founder Anastasia Volkova.

Brief: Soil carbon platform Perennial raises $18m from Temasek, Bloomberg, Microsoft

May 17, 2022

The US company’s soil carbon measurement, reporting, and verification platform could help corporates better meet their emissions reductions targets.

Pachama nets $55m Series B to bring accountability to forest carbon markets

May 5, 2022

The San Francisco-based company’s platform leverages remote monitoring and AI to bring better data and more transparent accounting to forest carbon markets.