Farmers & Ranchers

Our Program

Eco-Harvest, our national ecosystem services market program pays farmers and ranchers for quantified and verified soil carbon, net greenhouse gases, water quality and water conservation outcomes generated from regenerative agricultural practices. The program is currently operating through projects across the country in which we are generating and selling Scope 3 outcomes to meet existing market demand. Our program is operating in most major cropping and livestock systems.

The Eco-Harvest market program allows enrolled farmers and ranchers to undertake a journey to improved resilience, climate change mitigation, and improved environmental outcomes in a program that pays and recognizes them for their services.

Through Eco-Harvest, we generate multiple “stacked” outcomes in our program, going beyond the benefits of improving soil carbon and reducing greenhouse gases. The same land stewardship practices that impact soil carbon and greenhouse gas emissions often have additional benefits, including improved water quality and water conservation, as well as biodiversity benefits such as habitat for pollinators, insects, and birds. Our market program rewards farmers and ranchers for all these benefits.

ESMC’s science-based standards-based protocols are being tested and refined in projects with our members and are undergoing certification by independent standard-setting organizations.

We are committed to making racial justice, equality, equity, inclusion, a celebration of Pride, and diversity a central part of our focus, our work, our communications, and our conversations. Read more about our inclusion and racial justice work.

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