Advancing soil carbon science
To unlock agriculture as a climate solution, we’ve set out to create the highest quality ag carbon program, backed by rigorous science and certification.
To unlock agriculture as a climate solution, we’ve set out to create the highest quality ag carbon program, backed by rigorous science and certification.
Carbon by Indigo leverages third-party protocols from leading global registries – the Climate Action Reserve and Verra – enabling global scale.
Carbon by Indigo has generated the first registry issued, third-party verified agricultural carbon credits using direct soil sampling and advanced modeling at an unprecedented scale.
We built Airly with a mission to reverse climate change through food, acknowledging that's an audacious goal, but we are fundamentally driven by the fact that agriculture has a big role to play in that overall solution. As you get out into the market and you start to demonstrate the consumer demand, a lot more people start jumping in.
Jennifer McKnight | Co-Founder, Airly Foods, Post Holdings
Learn More about AirlyThe potential to generate high-quality carbon credits from sustainable ag practices has been on the table for a long time. That potential is finally reality. These credits are tangible evidence that the effects of on-farm practices can be measured to the highest degree of confidence so that farmers have a credible way to benefit from the massive global investment in carbon credits underway.
Craig Ebert | President, Climate Action Reserve
We really need to start treating agriculture and food production in this country more like a long-term investment and less like borrowing and lending. You have to give the capital a chance to grow.
Zach Ducheneaux | Administrator, USDA Farm Service Agency
The ability to sell carbon as a new crop ... it's going to fundamentally change what we do on the farm. We'll get paid for something other than yield
Ben Riensche | Partner, Blue Diamond Farms, Iowa
This is better farming. Some of the world’s largest companies have a million farms in their supply chains and are facing a world in which climate is becoming more disruptive, less predictive rainfall, water shortages, too much water—all those factors that are making it more difficult to be a farmer today. These companies are looking for exactly that type of agriculture that is going to create more resilience.
Paul Hawken | Author of Drawdown and Regeneration, Business Strategist, Journalist
The Sustainability Sciences team’s field research provides a foundational dataset and case studies that keep Carbon by Indigo on the forefront of science.
The successful delivery of Carbon credits relies on long term data to accurately calibrate and validate models for new practices.
Indigo initiated The Soil Carbon Experiment (SCX) in 2019 as our primary set of field experiments aimed at answering critical open research questions; specifically, how to apply MRV technology to acres used in carbon credit production. We gather data on soil organic carbon, bulk density, soil health, and other measures on soil samples, with accompanying management data. These samples come from a mix of regeneratively and conventionally managed fields – including a subset of split-field trials with both management systems.
Internal research trials create a valuable sandbox for Indigo to ask specific questions and quickly evaluate new technologies for market readiness. Conducting field research allows us to better understand the real world challenges of implementing a practice and have more productive conversations with external experts and farmers.
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Additionality is a foundational criterion for the creation of a carbon offset. When done properly, with high quality credits, the use of a carbon offset results in a net neutral impact on the atmosphere.
Anthropogenic climate change is caused by excess atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2 ), nitrous oxide (N2 O), and methane (CH4).
Soil is a vital natural resource. Healthy soil maintains agricultural productivity and ecosystem functioning through optimal physical, chemical, and biological properties.
High-quality agricultural carbon credits that incentivize regenerative practices can help address climate change through greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement and CO2 sequestration.
US growers are struggling to remain profitable, production expenses1 have increased2 , government payouts to farmers are breaking records, and the acceleration of per acre productivity seen over the past century is slowing.
Why rigorous measurement, modeling, and scalability matter to farmers
Anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHG) are the dominant cause of climate change with agricultural activities, contributing to 9%-14% of global GHG emissions.
In the world of agricultural carbon, understanding and addressing uncertainty is not a simple task, but it can mean the difference between a high-quality credit and one that is not.
Permanence is a necessary and achievable goal in effi cacious agricultural carbon projects. Agricultural carbon crediting can be a signifi cant mechanism to incentivize climate smart practice adoption and thus to help farmers both mitigate and adapt to climate change.
With support from a new grant, some Native American farmers and ranchers are getting first-hand exposure to the benefits of carbon farming.
image above: Prof. Keith Paustian of Colorado State University shares his outlook on opportunitiesto advance soil carbon research at an Indigo-hosted reception at the 2021...
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