Tag: carbon sequestration

Collaboration & innovation key to developing farmer-focused carbon markets

January 13, 2022

Carbon markets are now a fixture in industry headlines – and Iowa is leading the way to encourage carbon sequestration in farming.

Airly, WhatIf Foods & Moonshot aim to make climate-friendly snacks the main course for 2022

December 27, 2021

A growing number of startups are creating “climate-friendly” snacks that cut carbon and promote regenerative agriculture practices.

Bayer, Bushel & AWS launch carbon measurement tool for US farmers

December 9, 2021

Project Carbonview aims to help corn growers to better report and analyze their carbon footprint across the entire supply chain.

Bioenergy Devco raises $100m to build anaerobic digesters across North America

November 10, 2021

The Annapolis, Maryland-based startup uses anaerobic digestion to convert organic waste, such as discarded food or ag byproducts, into fuel and fertilizer.

Soil Carbon Co is now Loam Bio, raises $30m Series A funding

October 28, 2021

The Australian startup inoculates crops with symbiotic microbial fungi that boost plants’ natural ability to sequester carbon in the soil they grow in.

Indigo Ag acquires Soil Metrics to boost carbon MRV capabilities

October 26, 2021

Soil Metrics was spun-out of Colorado State University in 2019 to commercialize “biogeochemical” soil modeling techniques.

Australian agriculture. Galahs were not willing to give up the trough for the cattle during a drought

Brief: Australia unveils 2050 net-zero target with ‘technology not taxes’ approach

October 26, 2021

The country will double-down on agtech innovations in areas such as soil carbon sequestration and livestock feed to achieve the target.

CIBO Technologies raises $30m Series C funding for carbon trading tools

October 21, 2021

“Our mission [is] to drive the widespread adoption of regenerative farming practices,” said CEO Daniel Ryan.

Agriculture produces just 1% of carbon credits, data suggests

September 28, 2021

Carbon credits generated by ag-related projects make up less than 1% of all issued credits, according to data from the University of Berkeley, California.

Soil health through the lens of the tech stack

September 21, 2021

The Soil Health Tech Stack illustrates the interdependence of technology, science, and economics in connecting suppliers and buyers of carbon credits and other soil health outcomes.

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.

Nitrogen fixer Andes scores $15m from Bayer, Wilbur-Ellis to move into carbon capture

September 14, 2021

Andes has developed a seed treatment that enhances crops’ nitrogen-fixing capabilities, reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers. It’s eyeing carbon next.

Brief: Amazon & The Nature Conservancy launch Brazil ‘agroforestry accelerator’

September 6, 2021

The US tech giant claims the scheme will restore 20,000 hectares of forest within three years and remove 10 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere by 2050.

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.