Carbon Farming

Our greatest hope for a healthy future.

Carbon Farming has the potential to restore balance to the carbon cycle.

Carbon Farming carries the critically important added benefit of creating
resilience to drought, while increasing agricultural productivity naturally.

If implemented in combination with a significant transformation of our energy systems, we have the ability to
drastically limit and begin to reverse the impacts of climate disruption.

Carbon Farming contributes to the removal of the legacy load of CO2, and supports humanity in its effort to generate climate stability. 

Carbon Farming Practices can be measured and monitored for the enhancement of long term soil carbon storage, and therefore
material coming from these landscapes can be verified as Climate Beneficial™.

 
Illustration by Amanda Silvana Coen

Illustration by Amanda Silvana Coen

Approved soil carbon building practices.

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In an initial research study by Dr. Marcia deLonge of UC Berkeley’s Silver Lab, it was shown that sheep grazed on compost-applied rangelands produced wool with a net carbon benefit. Compost applications applied to grazed rangelands is one of many practices that we support producers to implement.

Setting up for prescribed grazing

Setting up for prescribed grazing

Prescribed grazing on rangeland

Prescribed grazing on rangeland

Integration of animals with perennial farming

Integration of animals with perennial farming

Compost creation

Compost creation

Compost application

Compost application

No-till row-crop farming

No-till row-crop farming

Collecting native seed stock for plant starts

Collecting native seed stock for plant starts

Hedgerows and pollinator strips

Hedgerows and pollinator strips

Planting out freshwater creek with habitat species

Planting out freshwater creek with habitat species

And more—approved soil carbon building practices.

  • Alley Cropping

  • Anaerobic Digester

  • Conservation Crop Rotation

  • Contour Buffer Strips

  • Cover Crop

  • Critical Area Planting

  • Cross Wind Trap Strips Conservation Cover

  • Filter Strip

  • Forage and Biomass Planting

  • Forest Stand Improvement

  • Forest Slash Treatment

  • Grassed Waterway

  • Herbaceous Wind Barriers

  • Mulching

  • Multi-Story Cropping

  • Nutrient Management

  • Range Planting

  • Residue and Tillage Management

  • Riparian Forest Buffer

  • Riparian Herbaceous Cover

  • Riparian Restoration

  • Silvopasture Establishment

  • Tree/Shrub Establishment

  • Water Development

The majority of these practices were selected from the USDA-NRCS GHG Ranking Tool.