EXCLUSIVE: Leaps by Bayer leads EarthOptics’ $10.3m Series A for carbon mapping
September 21, 2021
The Virginia startup is measuring soil health, compaction, and carbon content for applications in agriculture and beyond.
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Carbon markets evolving: The way forward for the US agrifood sector
August 31, 2021
Slowly but surely, carbon markets are maturing across the world. In the US, farmers and the wider agrifood industry have a critical role to play in their development.
UPDATE: Growmark & Corteva partner with Indigo on carbon
August 26, 2021
Growmark members will be able to get started with carbon trading via the cooperative’s FS-branded network of ag retailers.
EXCLUSIVE: Microsoft, Rabobank announce first round of carbon credits with agroforestry startup reNature
August 19, 2021
ReNature worked with a Brazilian farmer cooperative to generate the credits in partnership with Rabobank’s carbon marketplace, Acorn – with Microsoft the buyer.
EXCLUSIVE: Cargill, Microsoft join $17m round for carbon verification platform Regrow
August 17, 2021
Regrow was formed in February following the merger of Australian crop science company FluroSat and US soil health startup Dagan.
AgTech NEXT launches 3-part conference series to tackle climate change
July 22, 2021
AgTech NEXT is offering free registration for a new conference series that will focus on specific issues at the intersection of agriculture and climate change.
Dishing the dirt on ag carbon credits
July 13, 2021
Carbon credits schemes involving agriculture are growing in number – but not all are necessarily equal in their impact, Dan Blaustein-Rejto writes.
Precision ag player reborn as soil carbon market Boomitra; scores $4m from Yara, Chevron
June 22, 2021
The San Jose-based startup aims to offer farmers an easy, cost-effective route to measuring soil carbon and participating in carbon credits markets.
The future of Australia’s agriculture industry is hinged on carbon emissions
June 11, 2021
Carbon emissions reductions can, and should, go hand-in-hand with helping farmers to maintain the profitability and productivity of their operations.
Is sustainability reporting ready for its Xero moment?
May 11, 2021
FLINTpro has been built in Australia to help the ag industry and government understand what they need to report to improve their land management practices.
EU to launch carbon farming framework by end-2021 following two-year study
April 29, 2021
Carbon farming can “contribute significantly” to EU climate effort, the European Commission says after a two-year study into regenerative ag practices.
The carbon question: Making global carbon markets work for farmers
April 21, 2021
The soil carbon market is nascent but growing, and with it, a lot of complex questions, including how to ensure that farmers see the value.
PastureMap merges with Soil Value Exchange to create Grassroots Carbon
April 15, 2021
Grassroots Carbon will tap PastureMap’s database of users to offer opportunities to earn carbon credits for sequestering carbon.
Brief: Ant Group makes 2030 net zero pledge, launches carbon neutrality fund
March 16, 2021
The Hangzhou-based company behind the world’s biggest mobile payments app will also consider investing in carbon offsets in areas such as forest management.
Where does FBN’s Gradable Carbon fit into the growing carbon credit ecosystem?
February 24, 2021
FBN will help farmers generate carbon credits through personalized agronomic assitance and allow them to control when they sell them.
Bio-fertilizer startup Anuvia raises $103m Series C funding
February 23, 2021
Anuvia is hoping to clean up conventional fertilizer with its bio-basd input that improves yields while also reducing GHG emissions and sequestering carbon.
Brief: Biden’s climate plan includes ‘carbon bank’ for farmers who adopt regen practices
February 17, 2021
The US President’s plan calls for a ‘carbon bank’ that would pay farmers, ranchers, and foresters for implementing regenerative agriculture methods.
Brief: Indigo Ag cuts more jobs; signs new carbon credit buyers
February 9, 2021
Indigo, which raised $560 million last year, said the layoffs align with its new CEO’s goal “to direct resources to [its] four primary offerings” and “realize their value.”
BRIEF: Microsoft to purchase up to $2m in carbon credits from Land O’Lakes
February 8, 2021
TruCarbon, the new carbon credits program from Land O’Lakes, will help the co-op’s farmers to measure and monetize sequestered carbon on their land.
EXCLUSIVE: FarmLab thinks it can get 1m farmers to sequester 1bn tonnes of CO2 by 2025. Here’s how
December 4, 2020
The Australian startup has set the ambitious target of achieving its goal by 2025. But co-founder and CEO Sam Duncan is confident it has the tech chops to do it.
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