Carbon Markets

The dark-colored soil (right) has been farmed no-till and with cover crops for decades, while the pale one (right) is from a tilled field with no cover crops across the road. Photo by Dale Strickler.

The Corn Belt Is Losing Topsoil, Increasing Carbon Emissions and Lowering Yields

By Liz Kimbrough, Mongabay

January 10, 2022

At an Annual Sustainability Gathering, Big Ag Describes its Efforts to Control the Narrative

December 9, 2021

Combines Harvesting Corn On Field Against Clear Sky

Are Biogas Subsidies Benefiting the Largest Industrial Animal Farms?

September 20, 2021

Hogs in a CAFO animal operation

As Carbon Markets Reward New Efforts, Will Regenerative Farming Pioneers Be Left in the Dirt?

By Virginia Gewin

July 27, 2021

GC Ellis standing outside a gate on G-Bar-C Ranch with cattle in the background.

Carbon Markets Stand to Reward ‘No-Till’ Farmers. But Most Are Still Tilling the Soil.

By Gosia Wozniacka

May 3, 2021

no-till corn planting in Albany, Missouri. (Photo CC-licensed by the University of Missouri CAFNR)

Can Organic Farming Solve the Climate Crisis?

December 15, 2020

farmer shoveling compost to spread on their organic farm.

An Unlikely Alliance of Farm and Environmental Groups Takes on Climate Change

By Georgina Gustin, InsideClimate News

November 20, 2020

a farmer stares at windmills on his farm as he thinks about climate change and regenerative agriculture

Does Overselling Regenerative Ag’s Climate Benefits Undercut its Potential?

By Virginia Gewin

October 1, 2020

young farmers working on their regenerative agriculture field to sequester carbon dioxide and reduce their emissions

Are Carbon Markets for Farmers Worth the Hype?

By Gosia Wozniacka

September 24, 2020

A hand holding healthy soil from a regenerative agriculture operation. Gonna trade those carbon credits on the carbon market...

In a Year of Climate Reckoning, Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Climate and Agriculture?

September 21, 2020

joe biden speaking about climate change and agriculture. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Will Indigo Ag’s New Private Carbon Market Pay Off for Farmers?

By Jeanne Merrill

July 11, 2019

Oregon farmer Noah Williams works with the USDA NRCS to build healthier soil on his farm. (Photo CC-licensed by NRCS Oregon