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.
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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.
Startup Spotlight: Cloud Ag seeks to replace soil sampling by measuring carbon from the air
December 1, 2020
The Boulder, Colorado firm believes it can give the nascent carbon credits industry a boost by using hyperspectral imaging to make soil monitoring more efficient.
Carbon harvest: Indigo Ag, Nori announce first corporate carbon credit buyers
October 15, 2020
IBM, JPMorgan, Shopify, and Barclays are among the big-name buyers purchasing carbon credits from Indigo’s marketplace.
Farmers Edge partners with Radicle to launch ‘data-fueled’ carbon credit program
October 9, 2020
Farmers Edge will assist growers in tracking and verifying production data, while Radicle will help them identify opportunities to qualify for credits.
Cargill wants to help farmers turn over 10 million acres to regenerative ag by 2030
September 18, 2020
The agribusiness major claims it already has 750 farmers participating in 12 soil health and water quality programs on roughly 300,000 acres across North America.
The pros and cons of government involvement in carbon credit markets
August 24, 2020
A new bill would task the USDA with creating a certification for ag carbon credit markets – but is government involvement a good thing?
Here’s how ‘five startups in one’ Indigo Ag plans to use its $360m Series F add-on
August 5, 2020
“Five startups in one” is how Indigo CEO David Perry describes the company, which he says is facing its biggest challenge yet: moving to its next phase of execution.
Climate Neutral is on a mission to make carbon footprinting more accessible
August 3, 2020
The nonprofit is making its Brand Emissions Estimator available to enterprises that obtain its net-zero certification – including in the food and ag sectors.
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