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Introducing: Farm Portfolio 🌾🦬 … Our focus is regenerating U.S. Farmland with renewable energy potential and overlooked natural capital. Learn more and get involved:
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The Great Opportunity. Why restoring America's Great Plains is a responsibility and opportunity. 🌾🦬🇺🇸 #DustBowl #GreatPlains #AmericanBison #CleanEnergy
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“There seems to be three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war...this is robbery; the second by commerce, which is generally cheating; the third by agriculture, the only honest way.” - Benjamin Franklin
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Bison could be the key to grassland revitalization. 🦬 Read on in our latest bovine-filled write-up >>
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Soil is the foundation of the U.S. food system, but there is an urgent need to rebuild #soil health across the United States. America’s farmland soils have lost about half of their organic matter, this trend must be reversed. 🌱 @CivilEats @Dig2Grow
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A new study by @nature_org examines the potential to implement natural solutions across the United States — such as growing taller trees, improving soil health, and protecting grasslands to increase carbon storage and mitigate carbon emissions. 🌲
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Can agrivoltaics make a sustainable impact? 🐑☀️ Learn more in this week’s required reading >>
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How to Get Wyoming Wind to California, and Cut 80% of U.S. Carbon Emissions? High-voltage direct-current transmission lines could hold the 🔑 via @techreview
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“Forests as they exist today are one of the only carbon removal tech options out there that is ready to scale right now.” @serota + @colinaverill , co-founders of @FungaPbc , share how they’re accelerating carbon removal in forests. 🍄🌲 >>
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Restoration Tokens coming soon. 👀🖼️🏞️
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Electric vehicle charging networks are a large, distributed opportunity. 🔋📈 “There are already about 16,000 public charging stations in the United States, up from a few hundred in 2010. That compares with about 112,000 gas stations.”
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If carefully constructed, renewable energy development could help regenerate North America’s iconic prairies. #Agrivoltaics can provide shade and protect native flora and wildlife rather than endanger them. @newscientist
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Three strategies for reversing climate change at @FutureForestCo : 🌳Reforestation 🔥Biochar 🌧️Enhanced Weathering. Learn more >>
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Wind energy gives American farmers a new crop to sell in tough times. Read more: @USATODAY @AWEA @AvangridRen
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If you haven’t had the chance, now’s a good time to dig into our ongoing library of restorative resources. 📚🌱 Learn about topics like the Ogallala aquifer, land stewardship, and agrivoltaics. Not sure how to make an impact? Start with Restoration 101.
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Dubai is getting the world's largest vertical farm — the 130,000-square-foot indoor farm will produce up to 6,000 pounds of greens and herbs every day. @CropOneHoldings and @emirates will be growing produce for the world's largest international airport.
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Livestock grazing is responsible for a staggering 72% of public land degradation in the American West. Regenerative ranching can integrate livestock into more sustainable agricultural systems, improving cattle quality of life & landscape regeneration.
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One of the biggest challenges to reforestation? It’s smaller than you think. Seeds, trees, and more on this week’s latest post >> We look at leading companies & organizations like @PachamaInc , @TF_Global , @1TrillionTrees , & @IUCN .
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Curious about investing in farmland regeneration? 🌾 Learn about Farm's unique approach to farmland investing in this interview with @themodernacre : #regenerativeagriculture #farmland
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Join us tomorrow at @CSUSpur for 'Focus on the Farmer'! This free event brings together experts to support farmers transitioning to organic certification. Register here: #focusonthefarmer @USDA @coagriculture1
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What is the Ogallala aquifer? This underground water reservoir supplies almost all residential, industrial, and agricultural uses in the region, but it can’t sustain this type of intensive use forever and needs to be preserved. Read on >>
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Could rock dust be a key to capturing carbon emissions and boosting crop yields? 🪨🚜🔑 Enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is the process of spreading finely ground silicate rock on farms to accelerate carbon drawdown, led by companies like @undocarbon , @EionCarbon , and
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What exactly is land restoration? We’re making like compost and breaking down the dirt on restorative practices. 🌾 Read on >>
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The U.S. electrical grid is the largest interconnected machine on Earth. Can you name the 3 major energy grids in the U.S.? Read on >>
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Want to grow healthy food and combat climate change? It starts with healthy soil. 🌱 Learn more about soil health and how to get directly involved in regenerating soil through Farm Portfolio:
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We are looking to have a few research conversations with carbon/ecosystem service project developers about how they finance projects. If interested, please contact us: research @farm .vc We will compensate or donate to a charity of your choice for the time.
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This week, we ask the question: "What does regenerative agriculture actually mean?" Read on >>
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You’ve heard of the gut microbiome, have you heard of the soil microbiome?
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“Regenerative agriculture is a land management philosophy where farmers grow in harmony with nature and their communities.” @NRDC policy analyst @ArohiS90 imagines a better future for food in the United States. Read the interview:
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““Carbon farming,” which focuses on restoring soil health to absorb carbon, can be one of the most valuable tools we have to nourish a growing population in a way that protects land and dampens climate change.” by @parkerhughes98 🌾
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What makes soil “healthy”? We’re digging in this week >>
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Most research on plastic pollution has focused on marine environments, but global soils are just as threatened. >>
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What’s the difference between land stewardship and land conservation? Learn more in our latest article >>
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How much carbon is stored in soil and why do we need it to stay there? We’re learning from innovators working on carbon storage as a climate mitigation strategy like @FungaPbc , @CharmIndustrial , and @FutureForestCo >>
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The @NREL Seam Study showed that modernizing the U.S. #powergrid could eliminate up to 35 megatons of CO2 and save U.S. consumers $3.6 billion a year. "power plants across the U.S. could be helping California avoid heat wave-induced blackouts right now"
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This week we’re digging into the strategies behind agroecology and leading organizations behind the restorative movement including @FAO @foodfirstorg @PermieWomen @via_campesina . Read on >>
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What’s the difference between a carbon sink and a carbon source? Our latest article breaks it down. >>
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Let’s make nation-wide land restoration a reality. 🏞️ Learn more by reading our Restoration 101 refresher >>
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The Great Plains are headed towards a Dust Bowl redux if we don’t seriously ramp up our land conservation efforts. Here’s what we can do about it >>
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"Globally soil contains almost twice as much CO2 as living flora and the atmosphere combined. How well it stores carbon, however, depends on soil type, vegetation and climate."
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Rock dust for climate mitigation. 🪨 The future is here. Read on in our latest writeup >>
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🌰 Breadtree Farms is a Hudson Valley based organization working to grow the regenerative chestnut industry in the Northeast. We spoke with Russell Wallack, Breadtree's founding farmer about opportunities in expanding regional agroforestry infrastructure:
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The largest 1% of farms operate 70% of the world's #farmland . 🚜 This trend of land concentration has increased continuously since the 1980s as farm ownership systems are becoming more opaque. Read the @landcoalition report:
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We have to reckon with the consequences of planting water-intensive crops in grassland and desert biomes 💦 Learn about Great Plains irrigation this week on the blog >>
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This week, we’re learning about reducing carbon emissions through global food systems, down to our own plates. 🍽️ Read on >>
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"This isn’t new; many of the factors that created the Dust Bowl ~100 years ago threaten farmland in this century. Farmland assets have been viewed one-dimensionally for a long time. It’s time to shift towards a more multi-dimensional view."
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Ranchlands is propelling ranching into the future by viewing the land multidimensionally, as more than a place to raise cattle while educating the public about the importance of land stewardship & conservation.
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Over the last 15 years, @iroquois_valley has helped transition thousands of acres of conventionally farmed land to sustainable agriculture. Learn more about their work in this week’s spotlight 🥕 >>
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"If I were a cow, I'd want some shade." 🐄 Responsible land stewardship often means diversifying an operation beyond a single use. That’s why John Foye, CEO of @WorkingTrees , wants to help ranchers keep their livestock cool while earning carbon credits.
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#Grasslands are disappearing at an alarming rate, with 1.6 million acres of the Great Plains destroyed in 2021 alone. It's time to take action and protect these vital ecosystems. Learn more about Farm Portfolio and get involved:
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MRV allows for greater transparency, accountability, and effectiveness across climate efforts. Learn about how it works in this week's guide:
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"Abandoned farmland has been increasing, with a billion acres - an area half the size of Australia - lost globally." Interested in farmland regeneration? Learn more about Farm Portfolio:
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We talked with @stefanvonimhof of @AltAssetsClub about sustainable alternative assets, and why farmland is one of the smartest investments you can make today. Read more:
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Soil restoration is essential work. “The loss of fully functional soils is critical in many ways. Perhaps most obviously soils are useful for growing food, but they also alleviate floods and droughts; support plant, insect, and animal biodiversity.”
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We spoke with @JayceHafner , co-founder & CEO of @farm_raise about how they started the company, learning directly from farmers, and her ambitions to work with millions of farmers to build sustainable businesses and strengthen our food system. 🌱
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Cairnspring Mills is rebuilding local food systems with regenerative, stone-milled flour. 🍞 Learn about how they blend ancient technology with modern efficiencies, the passionate grain farmers of Skagit Valley, and working to uplift rural communities:
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Interested in working in climate tech? We are sharing our work + mission at the @mcjcollective @terradotdo climate job fair today at 1:45pm MT. 🌾 Sign up to participate and learn more here:
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Climate consciousness versus smart money management is a myth! The two can coexist ♾
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Indoor farming continues to grow. 🌱 @GrownUnder utilizes World War II air-raid shelters in London to grow nutritious food for restaurants and grocery stores like @WholeFoods .
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Food waste deserves more attention. “35% of all food in the United States went unsold or uneaten in 2019. That’s $408 billion worth of food —  roughly 2% of U.S. GDP —  with a greenhouse gas footprint equivalent to 4% of total U.S. GHG emissions.” @refed
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Thank you @mcjcollective for supporting our mission.
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📰 @Forbes wrote about how platforms like @acretraderinc , @FarmTogetherHQ , and @farmlandlp are working to enable farmland investments without the prerequisite knowledge of agriculture or land stewardship, in a way that benefits the farm economy.
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Learn more about the rich history, cultural significance, and inspiring conservation efforts from near-extinction to the remarkable resurgence of #TheAmericanBuffalo , an iconic symbol of the Great Plains, in the new documentary by @KenBurns on @PBS . 🦬
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How does recreational land use help store carbon? Read on in our weekly read, then enjoy a winter hike >>
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Ethiopia planted more than 353 million trees in 12 hours. 🌳 Inspiring to learn more about #GreenLegacyEthiopia and @Afr100_Official (the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative) working to restore 100 million hectares of land in Africa by 2030.
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Our mission is to increase the number of healthy and productive acres. Learn about how we got here, what we’re doing, and where we’re going:
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Happy #NationalFarmersDay 🌾 Thanks for feeding the world.
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Bring wild bison to the Great Plains, restore one of the world’s most endangered ecosystems. 🦬
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How America Uses Its Land. The 48 contiguous states are a 1.9 billion-acre jigsaw puzzle of cities, farms, forests and pastures that Americans use to feed themselves, power their economy and extract value. Each square on the map represents 250,000 acres.
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Water innovation is on the rise in Nevada thanks to @WaterStart and their pragmatic approach to implementing new demand-based water technologies. @EnvDefenseFund
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The world’s tropical forests lost roughly 39 million acres of trees last year, according to new @UMD_GLAD data released on @globalforests . That is equal to losing 40 football fields of tropical trees every minute for an entire year. 🌴 @WorldResources
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🦬 Bringing Back the Roaming Bison "Bison increase plant diversity, store carbon in the soil, and create a favorable habitat for a biodiverse environment." by @HomeDePlata
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An excellent, in-depth breakdown of the substantial and important opportunities around power grid innovation & decarbonization by @shaylekann of @EnergyImpact_ . #powergrid #decarbonization
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Managing your financial investments shouldn’t also cause you climate anxiety. This week on the blog: impacting investing + climate action with Zach Stein of @CarbnCollective >>
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This National Bison Day, we revisit what makes bison a keystone species, and the important role bison play in the Great Plains. 🦬
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The U.S. electricity grid needs a major upgrade in order to efficiently integrate and transmit solar and wind power.
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"The future of food is about networking the next one billion farmers and empowering them with a platform to ask and answer the question, 'What if?'" - @calebgrowsfood , Director of @MITOpenAg
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After being hunted to near extinction in the 19th century, bison have made a steady comeback, but active conservation of their Great Plains habitat is still vital to supporting this keystone species 🦬 Learn more by reading our bison 101 >>
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Farms are changing, and companies like @BoweryFarming are on the frontier of what you can do as Modern Farmers with proprietary software and automation. A fascinating look inside an active #verticalfarm by @business @AkiIto7 . 🥬
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It’s Time to Tie the U.S. Electric Grid Together, Says @NREL Study. The study finds considerable economic and engineering value in fortifying these connections to better distribute power resources around the country. @ENERGY
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We're glad @DanBarber wanted an extra flavorful winter squash. @Row7Seeds is an organic, non-GMO seed company bringing together chefs and plant breeders who are driven by flavor and nutrition from seed to table.
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Vertical farming can produce millions of pounds of food in storm-resistant environments on the outskirts of cities.
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“America’s fleet of wind turbines, solar panels and hydroelectric dams have produced more electricity than coal on 90 separate days — shattering last year’s record of 38 days for the entire year.” The first time, not the last. ⚡️📈
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The U.S. is on track to produce more electricity this year from renewable power than from coal for the first time on record, new government projections show
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A top CO2 emitter hiding in plain sight? Concrete.
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The @USDA Conservation Reserve Program exists to preserve topsoil, improve water quality and develop wildlife habitat on environmentally sensitive agricultural land. Farmer participation has decreased every year since 2007, now incentives are increasing.
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Two reports from @usgcrp are out today: Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol. II ( #NCA4 ) 2nd State of the Carbon Cycle Report ( #SOCCR2 ) 🌎 #ClimateFriday #ClimateChange
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“Here’s the big picture: Land use & agricultural practices contribute about a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and they can be changed to introduce new carbon sinks from the atmosphere.” - @GlobalEcoGuy
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“Ranching is in desperate need of a paradigm shift.” Travis Krause of Grazing Lands shared his views on sustainable land management with us for Every Acre >>
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"It's time to invest and avidly pursue a new wave of technological solutions to this problem - including those that are risky, unproven, even unlikely to work." Glad @ycombinator is funding Carbon Removal Technologies. @sama @paulg
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Now is an important time for America to remember the lessons of the #DustBowl to not repeat history. @PBS @KenBurns @BLMNational
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Stripe Climate is leading a new path in carbon removal, creating a clear demand-side signal that a market exists. Now, a growing coalition of businesses can contribute funding to these important emerging technologies. Learn More:
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The #USEnergyJobs report provides a unique, time-sensitive, snapshot of the intersection of our energy and employment systems. @ErnestMoniz @EFIForTheFuture @NASEO_Energy
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#Wind and #Solar projects in the western U.S. have reached price levels that have the region thinking about how much renewable energy to purchase, and when. The short answer: as much as you can get, and now. @NRDCEnergy
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