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Boston Consulting Group, Shopify, Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Givewith, IBM, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, and New Belgium Brewing commit to supporting growers through agricultural carbon credits. Credits will be issued using new greenhouse gas (GHG) offset project methodologies developed by the Climate Action Reserve and Verra. With farms representing millions of acres already participating in the Indigo Carbon program, US farmers are poised to begin earning additional income from “farming carbon” based on practices adopted this 2020 growing season.

Boston, MA, (September 2, 2020) — Indigo Ag, a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet, today announced that its Board of Directors has selected Ron Hovsepian as its next chief executive officer, effective immediately.

. . To promote a pipeline of ag professionals equipped to better support farmers in optimizing their operations for economic, crop, and environmental health, Indigo has partnered with a cohort of public organizations across the State of Tennessee to develop the country’s first digital agronomy certification program. With an emphasis on the latest technological applications and digital tools in agronomy - including courses on geospatial information, data integrity, and precision ag - the curriculum will supplement a foundational understanding of soil health and regenerative agricultural practices. Designed to increase access to quality education and expand representation within the agriculture industry, the curriculum will launch starting this fall at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Covington, a leader in accessible technical education and industry training. Memphis, Tennessee (August 27, 2020) - Indigo Ag, a company dedicated to harnessing nature to sustainably feed the planet, with support from the State of Tennessee’s Department of Economic & Community Development, today introduced a first of its kind Digital Agronomy Assistant Diploma. The certification, a one-year program designed to equip students with the necessary agronomic and technological skills to support farmers in the 21st century, will debut this fall at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Covington.

Indigo Ag announces an additional $360M in financing, appoints Stéphane Bancel, Moderna CEO, to Board of Directors

Boston, Massachusetts (July 9, 2020) – Indigo Agriculture, a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet, today announced that Jim Young will join the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Jim is currently the CFO of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader and provider of investor communications and technology-driven solutions, and will join Indigo in September.

The partnership leveraged Indigo’s system of solutions to support growers in significantly exceeding the sustainability targets set for 2.2M bushels of rice with Anheuser-Busch last year (10% less water, nitrogen, and greenhouse gas emissions compared to historical county averages).

Indigo’s Atlas satellite imagery technology will be used to further the mission of the World Bank’s Development Data Partnership, a joint public and private sector effort to address global development challenges.