Montana Ranchers Can Now Get Paid to Sequester Carbon Using Rotational Grazing Practices
The Western Sustainability Exchange is helping farmers adopt rotational grazing plans that improve carbon sequestration by helpingthem sell carbon credits.
Tag Archives: soil health
FoodShot Announces Winners of Soil 3.0 Challenge inc Trace Genomics & Carbon Sequestration Measurement
The multistakeholder investment platform catalyzed $3m in equity investment soil microbiome testing startup Trace Genomics and $535k in grant funding for three research projects.
AgEmerge
The convergence of ag technology and soil health principles and practices is causing a paradigm shift.
AgEmerge will help you make sense of it all.
AgEmerge is much more than a conference; it’s a unique opportunity to learn from and interact with emerging thought leaders and entrepreneurs about how they are solving some of the most significant challenges in agriculture.
Saving Our Soils Will Require a Diverse Set of Technologies and Tools
Rajiv Singh, the former CEO of Rabobank North America, writes about FoodShot's search for projects and ideas that utilize the latest in technology, science, and engineering to address the crisis of soil deterioration ahead of the January 8, 2019 deadline.
Senate Passes Farm Bill with Incentives for Farmers to Build Soil Health, Sequester Carbon
These provisions include funding for a new USDA pilot project that will incentivize farmers, through payments, to adopt agricultural practices aimed at improving soil health and sequestering organic soil carbon.
Six Startups Using Technology to Improve Soil Health
A rising chorus of investors and stakeholders, along with some farmers, are beginning to spread the message that the health of the soil is just as important as the health of the plants growing in it.
When it Comes to Soil Testing, We’ve Only Scratched the Surface
Soil is the largest living organism on earth, yet humans know far more about our solar system than we do the top six inches of soil on this planet. Soil testing offers some amazing opportunities for farmers to find new efficiencies within their operations and to increase yields but we are just starting to scratch the surface.
Earth Day Reflections: Number of Food Waste Startups Rises, Soil Health Needs More Attention
Earth Day provides a prime opportunity to reflect on the state of environmental sustainability in the food and agriculture industry.
Noble Foundation’s Buckner: Soil Health Must No Longer Take a Back Seat to Plant Science
There's still a long way to go before we have a complete understanding of soil health and how it interacts with plant growth, according to Bill Buckner, president and CEO of the Noble Foundation.