Jesse Klein of GreenBiz writes about a project to bring carbon credits to more farmers.
- ProducePay, a platform that connects produce farmers with retailers, and carbon credit company Allcot are collaborating to make carbon credits more accessible to farmers.
- The companies will work with Mexican and American farmers who are selling in the U.S.
- This program could play an important role getting more voluntary private sector carbon credit programs up and running.
“One reason ProducePay has faith a carbon crediting system for produce growers will succeed is a feasibility study that identified that many growers were already implementing many sustainable agricultural practices.”
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