The FutureFarm Podcast – Episode 2: Regenerative farming and carbon sequestration
The FutureFarm Podcast – Episode 2: Regenerative farming and carbon sequestration
In this episode of FutureFarm Podcasts, FutureFarm discuss the benefits of regenerative farming with regard to carbon sequestration. Chris Hollingsworth provides a personal insight into the business benefit, having made the switch to regenerative farming 5 years ago.
Simon Haldrup, CEO of Danish environmental and sustainability company Agreena tells us how sequestered carbon is measured and turned into valuable certificates. Policy expert Ali Capper explains some of the remaining barriers and what needs to be done to get over them.
Carbon farming could provide environmental and income boost
Carbon farming could provide environmental and income boost
An EU initiative aiming to increase carbon sequestration may boost the income of farmers, along with providing an environmental benefit.
The European Commission is expected to publish a policy document on its carbon farming initiative on Wednesday (December 15).
The EU Commission is proposing to reach climate neutrality in the entire land sector by 2035, which would mean that carbon removal should balance greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from all land, livestock and fertiliser use.
Along with the environmental and climate change benefits, the EU believes that the initiative would also be a new source of income for farmers.
Frans Timmermans, vice president of the European Commission, recently told a conference organised by the Intereg North Sea Region Programme that “with carbon farming, climate action becomes a business opportunity”.
He said expanding the model across the EU will need public and private funding.
Simon Haldrup, from agricultural technology company, Agreena, said “it is encouraging to see movement coming from international leaders”.
👉 Read the full article on agriland.ie.
Simon Haldrup, Co-founder and CEO : Working To Enable Environmental and Financial Sustainability in Agriculture
Simon Haldrup, Co-founder and CEO : Working To Enable Environmental and Financial Sustainability in Agriculture
Our Co-founder and CEO, Simon Haldrup had a chat with beststartup.eu about where Agreena is at the moment as a company, and where were headed.
Simon goes (a bit) into detail about, not only the inspiration behind Agreena, but also about our "magic sauce" that sets us apart from the competition.
Learn more about our "magic sauce", our 5 year scope and a few of our setbacks in the full article below.
👉 Read the full interview with Simon Haldrup at beststartup.eu
Learn more about AgreenaCarbon - Join our webinars
There's still plenty of available chairs for our online webinars
We're still hosting our recurring webinars on AgreenaCarbon, hosted by our friends and partners Agrovi.
The webinars are available both in English and Danish, and will cover general questions related to AgreenaCarbon, but will also open up for the opportunity of diving into the specific fields of the individual attendees.
The webinar will last approx. 1 hour and Agrovi would very much like to answer any questions you may have. If there are current topics that are relevant to address on one of these webinars, Agrovi will of course do so.
Meet Agreena at 'Forget 2050 - The Climate Crisis Cannot Wait!"
Meet Agreena at 'Forget 2050 - The Climate Crisis Cannot Wait!"
Agricultural soils can reverse the climate crisis - and we believe we have a good solution to activate this.
So we are thrilled to be invited to join the Net Zero Now event during the COP26 in Glasgow this year.
We are proud to be on stage at the event - "Forget 2050 - The Climate Crisis Cannot Wait!” hosted by Net Zero Now on the 4th of November.
We will also be available for questions and a general chat from our booth from 11:00-14:00 - so come by and learn how we’re planning to remove carbon footprints by utilising European soils.
👉 Get your ticket to "Forget 2050 - The Climate Crisis Cannot Wait!" here.
Agreena raises $4.7M Seed from Giant Ventures
Agreena raises $4.7M Seed from Giant Ventures
Watch: Agreena presents at Oslo Innovation Week 2021
Agreena presents at Oslo Innovation Week 2021
Yesterday we had the great pleasure of presenting Agreena at Oslo Innovation Week ’21.
It was very insightful to meet likeminded growth companies from across the Nordics, who are all working on making a positive impact on our climate.
You can watch or re-watch the presentations on OIW’s website here.
Pssst! Agreena takes the stage at 1:15:58.
How new carbon offset scheme for regenerative ag works
How new carbon offset scheme for regenerative ag works
The first UK-certified soil carbon offsetting scheme is available to farmers who use regenerative agriculture practices, offering them a commercial opportunity worth up to £100/ha from sequestering carbon in their soils.
Called Gentle Farming, the fledgling system allows participating farmers to track carbon sequestration throughout the year, look at ways to change the eventual outcome and take steps to improve it.
Once harvest is over, soil carbon storage measurements are independently verified, with certificates issued, allowing farmers to sell these certificates and get financially supported and rewarded for their environmental practices.
It has been developed by Thomas Gent of Gentle Farming in partnership with Commodicarbon, a Denmark-based platform, which has a carbon certification programme that quantifies the soil carbon sequestration associated with reduced tillage and its changing crop management.
Income boost
With the potential to boost farm incomes by an estimated £90-£150/ha, the system works for each crop year and will continue to evolve as new methods and technologies become available, explains Mr Gent.
“Every farm is different and there are a number of factors to take into account, but an average figure for a no-till farm is 2-3t carbon dioxide equivalents per hectare,” he says.
Congratulations to our partner Thomas Gent
A round of applause to our partner Thomas Gent
Our partner Thomas Gent recently won a ‘Climate Change Champions Award’ in the UK and we couldn’t be more proud of having him and Gentle Farming as our partner in the UK market.
Through the Gentle Farming initiative, Thomas has been setting the scene for the future of farming in the UK, helping farmers transition into regenerative carbon farming in a sustainable manner.
Read more in the article, on pages 30-34.