A Greener World

Start Date

Feb-23

Eligible Practices

• Access Control
• Agroforestry / Forestry
• Alley Cropping
• Buffer Strips
• Conservation Cover
• Conservation Crop Rotation
• Contour Buffer Strips
• Cover Crops
• Critical Area Planting
• Crop Rotation
• Edge-of-Field Management
• Field Borders
• Filter Strips
• Forest Stand Improvement
• Forestry Planting and Management
• Grassed Waterway
• Grazing and Pasture
• Hedgerow Planting
• Herbaceous Wind Barriers
• In-Field Management
• Irrigation Water Management
• Nutrient Management
• Pasture And Hay Planting
• Pollinator Habitat
• Prescribed Grazing
• Range Planting
• Reduced- or No-Till
• Riparian Forest Buffer
• Riparian Herbaceous Cover
• Silvopasture
• Tree/Shrub Establishment
• Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
• Vegetative Barriers
• Wetland Restoration
• Wetlands
• Wildlife Habitat Planting

Eligible Counties (in NE)

Statewide

Payment Schedule

All pilot participants would be paid a stipend to cover time spent on climate-smart regenerative farm planning and emissions reduction plan design. Each farm would also have access to incentive payments, dependent on their emissions reductions and specific implementation of Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry practices.

Price

Fees fully subsidized by this program have a market value of $1,250 for the initial year of certification (covering application, plan review and initial audit) and $800 for subsequent years (covering subsequent audits). All pilot participants will be paid a stipend of $1,250, covering time spent on regenerative, climate-smart farm planning, including emissions reduction plan design. Each farm will also have access to $5,000-$25,000 in incentive payments, dependent on their emissions reductions and specific implementation of CSAF practices.

Contract Length

The Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities program is a five year program starting in February 2023.

Data Collected at Enrollment

All projects are required to include plans to (1) quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits and (2) monitor/verify those benefits over time.

Enrollment Assistance

Partners would ensure all outreach and technical assistance efforts are culturally-relevant and would assist producers in becoming Certified Regenerative which allows them to access new climate-smart markets and sell commodities for a higher premium.

Lead Organization

Lead Partner: Greener World, Other Major Partners: Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA, Soil Health Institute (SHI), National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC), National Co-op Grocers (NCG)

Outcome Estimation

A comprehensive GHG assessment and forecast utilizing COMET-Farm will be integrated into the whole-farm Regenerative Plan that is core to the Certified Regenerative label. The use of COMET-Farm across the pilot will enable a common baseline of evaluation of emissions impact estimation tied to practice changes and form the basis for assigning incentive payments. The Soil Health Institute will assist with establishing soil health baselines and targets, and measurement and verification of soil results of climate-smart practices implemented by participating farms including measuring soil carbon stock on select farms.