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Most of the farmers ReSeed works with have worked their land for generations, and the lands they farm tend to have a greater variety of vegetation and healthier soils than those of non-regenerative farms. These smallholder farmers provide priceless ecosystem services that are essential for global food security, but before ReSeed, they lacked access to the financial, technical, and technological support services they needed to truly thrive.
ReSeed’s protocols are unique in recognizing both current carbon stored on the land and new carbon drawn from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. This measurement system, combined with ReSeed’s innovative technologies and business model, rewards the climate-smart agricultural practices of smallholder farmers by increasing their incomes, and provides ecological credits and socioeconomic impact certifications to its customers.
ReSeed is a Wyoming LLC with four co-founders, each of whom is an expert in their respective fields. They formed ReSeed to create a global movement that could tackle the climate crisis by first building a market to reward responsible stewards of forests and other natural resources. This market would help raise the standard of living for regenerative farmers across the world and allow the project to invest in new technologies to support regenerative farming. Ultimately, the project aims to reduce planetary carbon emissions to a level that guarantees a better future for humanity and for our planet.
Farming practices that improve farm productivity or profitability that help farms mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change; practices target conserving soil moisture, increasing soil fertility, minimal disturbance of the soil, and diversifying crops through crop rotation or intercropping.
ReSeed promotes climate-smart agricultural practices to improve farmers' resiliency to climate change. It also provides on-the-ground technical assistance for improved crop yields.
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Third-Party Verification
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Reducing carbon emissions and, in some cases, substituting the most carbon-intensive energy sources (e.g., coal, natural gas) with cleaner energy sources (e.g., hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, solar, wind).
ReSeed offers technical aid to improve soil carbon sequestration in local communities, and most farmers choose to adopt regenerative practices after joining the project.
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Third-Party Verification
Monitoring and assessing improvements in individual and community well-being (e.g., local air quality, access to clean energy, job creation, and capacity building) to ensure that communities directly benefit from the projects beyond carbon mitigation.
ReSeed provides financial security for local workers through revenue sharing. It monitors stakeholders' ability to meet household needs, and also supports farmers with legal advice and documentation.
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Standards & Certifications
/On-Blockchain
The ability to inspect a data set or site to determine whether its corresponding operational and financial practices adhere to predetermined protocols.
ReSeed audits outcomes using ground-based knowledge, verification, and fact-checking. It processes its data every 12 days through satellite updates and through participatory engagement.
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Third-Party Verification
Farming practices that improve farm productivity or profitability that help farms mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change; practices target conserving soil moisture, increasing soil fertility, minimal disturbance of the soil, and diversifying crops through crop rotation or intercropping.
ReSeed promotes climate-smart agricultural practices to improve farmers' resiliency to climate change. It also provides on-the-ground technical assistance for improved crop yields.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
/On-Blockchain
MRV for water flow rates and discharge volumes from water bodies; may employ the usage of flow meters, weirs, flumes, or hydrological models; crucial for understanding water availability, assessing resource management practices, and determining water allocation for different uses.
ReSeed uses data on soil moisture levels and evapotranspiration in an area to assess the area's plant water content and stress based on the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI).
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Practices that increase the water supply available for human uses that avoid detrimental impacts to the water cycle and respective ecosystems; can include digging boreholes and water wells, as well as water conservation practices.
ReSeed uses a vulnerability index, analyzing multiple quantitative indicators, to deliver a single numerical result that represents local access to fresh drinking water.
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Self-Reported
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Monitoring and assessing improvements in individual and community well-being (e.g., local air quality, access to clean energy, job creation, and capacity building) to ensure that communities directly benefit from the projects beyond carbon mitigation.
ReSeed provides financial security for local workers through revenue sharing. It monitors stakeholders' ability to meet household needs, and also supports farmers with legal advice and documentation.
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Standards & Certifications
/On-Blockchain
Measuring soil moisture content with sensors or probes to assess water retention and availability, potential irrigation needs, and drought tolerance.
ReSeed uses data on soil moisture levels and evapotranspiration in an area to assess the area's plant water content and stress based on the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI).
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Increased capacity of soil to function as a living ecosystem and to support other life; characterized by a loose, friable, and well-drained structure, presence of adequate nutrients, a pH between 5.5 and 7.5, and high levels of biological activity, with little to no evidence of pollutants or toxins.
Provision of training programs and educational resources have a collective impact on farmers' interest in and capacity to focus on the longterm gains stemming from improved soil health.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
/On-Blockchain
The ability to inspect a data set or site to determine whether its corresponding operational and financial practices adhere to predetermined protocols.
ReSeed audits outcomes using ground-based knowledge, verification, and fact-checking. It processes its data every 12 days through satellite updates and through participatory engagement.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Farming practices that improve farm productivity or profitability that help farms mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change; practices target conserving soil moisture, increasing soil fertility, minimal disturbance of the soil, and diversifying crops through crop rotation or intercropping.
ReSeed promotes climate-smart agricultural practices to improve farmers' resiliency to climate change. It also provides on-the-ground technical assistance for improved crop yields.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
/On-Blockchain
Reducing carbon emissions and, in some cases, substituting the most carbon-intensive energy sources (e.g., coal, natural gas) with cleaner energy sources (e.g., hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, solar, wind).
ReSeed offers technical aid to improve soil carbon sequestration in local communities, and most farmers choose to adopt regenerative practices after joining the project.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Monitoring and assessing improvements in individual and community well-being (e.g., local air quality, access to clean energy, job creation, and capacity building) to ensure that communities directly benefit from the projects beyond carbon mitigation.
ReSeed provides financial security for local workers through revenue sharing. It monitors stakeholders' ability to meet household needs, and also supports farmers with legal advice and documentation.
Trust
Standards & Certifications
/On-Blockchain
Assesses the abundance and diversity of soil microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, fungi) through species identification and other techniques; used to understand soil microbial communities and their role in nutrient cycling and soil health.
ReSeed partners with organizations for bioregional-specific soil recommendations, using "agtech" to document farm-specific practices, crops, and ecological conditions with a library of 60 practices.
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Third-Party Verification
Measuring soil moisture content with sensors or probes to assess water retention and availability, potential irrigation needs, and drought tolerance.
ReSeed uses data on soil moisture levels and evapotranspiration in an area to assess the area's plant water content and stress based on the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI).
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Increased capacity of soil to function as a living ecosystem and to support other life; characterized by a loose, friable, and well-drained structure, presence of adequate nutrients, a pH between 5.5 and 7.5, and high levels of biological activity, with little to no evidence of pollutants or toxins.
Provision of training programs and educational resources have a collective impact on farmers' interest in and capacity to focus on the longterm gains stemming from improved soil health.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
/On-Blockchain
The ability to inspect a data set or site to determine whether its corresponding operational and financial practices adhere to predetermined protocols.
ReSeed audits outcomes using ground-based knowledge, verification, and fact-checking. It processes its data every 12 days through satellite updates and through participatory engagement.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Farming practices that improve farm productivity or profitability that help farms mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change; practices target conserving soil moisture, increasing soil fertility, minimal disturbance of the soil, and diversifying crops through crop rotation or intercropping.
ReSeed promotes climate-smart agricultural practices to improve farmers' resiliency to climate change. It also provides on-the-ground technical assistance for improved crop yields.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
/On-Blockchain
Practices that increase the water supply available for human uses that avoid detrimental impacts to the water cycle and respective ecosystems; can include digging boreholes and water wells, as well as water conservation practices.
ReSeed uses a vulnerability index, analyzing multiple quantitative indicators, to deliver a single numerical result that represents local access to fresh drinking water.
Trust
Self-Reported
/On-Blockchain
Reducing carbon emissions and, in some cases, substituting the most carbon-intensive energy sources (e.g., coal, natural gas) with cleaner energy sources (e.g., hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, solar, wind).
ReSeed offers technical aid to improve soil carbon sequestration in local communities, and most farmers choose to adopt regenerative practices after joining the project.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Monitoring and assessing improvements in individual and community well-being (e.g., local air quality, access to clean energy, job creation, and capacity building) to ensure that communities directly benefit from the projects beyond carbon mitigation.
ReSeed provides financial security for local workers through revenue sharing. It monitors stakeholders' ability to meet household needs, and also supports farmers with legal advice and documentation.
Trust
Standards & Certifications
/On-Blockchain
Assesses the abundance and diversity of soil microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, fungi) through species identification and other techniques; used to understand soil microbial communities and their role in nutrient cycling and soil health.
ReSeed partners with organizations for bioregional-specific soil recommendations, using "agtech" to document farm-specific practices, crops, and ecological conditions with a library of 60 practices.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Increased capacity of soil to function as a living ecosystem and to support other life; characterized by a loose, friable, and well-drained structure, presence of adequate nutrients, a pH between 5.5 and 7.5, and high levels of biological activity, with little to no evidence of pollutants or toxins.
Provision of training programs and educational resources have a collective impact on farmers' interest in and capacity to focus on the longterm gains stemming from improved soil health.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
/On-Blockchain
Conducting surveys to identify and document the presence, richness, diversity, and abundance of different species within a given area or ecosystem.
ReSeed documents every plant species in a specific area, links that data to soil health data, and reports the amalgamation of this information.
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Self-Reported
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The ability to inspect a data set or site to determine whether its corresponding operational and financial practices adhere to predetermined protocols.
ReSeed audits outcomes using ground-based knowledge, verification, and fact-checking. It processes its data every 12 days through satellite updates and through participatory engagement.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Use of a decentralized, digital list of records to track and document the movement, origin, processing, and distribution of credits throughout their existence in a value chain; involves capturing and recording information at various stages to ensure transparency, accountability, and quality control.
ReSeed's app collects data offline and later uploads the data to a cloud when an internet connection becomes available. Data transactions are logged on a blockchain for auditing purposes.
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Self-Reported
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Informative courses that provide training necessary for the advancement of an initiative's targeted objectives
ReSeed implements intensive educational programs for farmers through a variety of local partner organizations.
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Self-Reported
Practices that increase the water supply available for human uses that avoid detrimental impacts to the water cycle and respective ecosystems; can include digging boreholes and water wells, as well as water conservation practices.
ReSeed uses a vulnerability index, analyzing multiple quantitative indicators, to deliver a single numerical result that represents local access to fresh drinking water.
Trust
Self-Reported
/On-Blockchain
Fair wages that, beyond providing bare minimum for workers and their families, also allow workers to attain greater mobility and autonomy over their lives.
ReSeed ensures financial security for its workers by sharing revenue: farmers receive 50% of revenue generated by ecological benefits, and 30% is given to community-based groups for their services.
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The frequency at which project developers, stakeholders, and other participants are compensated for project participation and related impacts.
ReSeed pays farmers within 6 months of the time they join the program, preventing delays in payment that can jeopardize impact morale, farmer commitment, and ultimately project success.
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Self-Reported
Measures implemented to offer relief from extreme financial hardship and associated detriments to quality of life and general wellbeing; ideally, aid will provide enduring economic, social, political benefits in addition to poverty alleviation.
Sharing 50% of generated revenue with farmers and another 30% to supporting community-based organizations helps to bring financial resources to a broad spectrum of the community.
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Self-Reported
/On-Blockchain
Monitoring and assessing improvements in individual and community well-being (e.g., local air quality, access to clean energy, job creation, and capacity building) to ensure that communities directly benefit from the projects beyond carbon mitigation.
ReSeed provides financial security for local workers through revenue sharing. It monitors stakeholders' ability to meet household needs, and also supports farmers with legal advice and documentation.
Trust
Standards & Certifications
/On-Blockchain
Gathering data on socioeconomic factors (e.g., income, education, employment, access to services) to understand disparities and identify areas that require targeted interventions.
ReSeed collects and analyzes social impact data with a customized app in order to gather complete, real-time data for assessing project status and future potential.
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Self-Reported
/On-Blockchain
The ability to inspect a data set or site to determine whether its corresponding operational and financial practices adhere to predetermined protocols.
ReSeed audits outcomes using ground-based knowledge, verification, and fact-checking. It processes its data every 12 days through satellite updates and through participatory engagement.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Farming practices that improve farm productivity or profitability that help farms mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change; practices target conserving soil moisture, increasing soil fertility, minimal disturbance of the soil, and diversifying crops through crop rotation or intercropping.
ReSeed promotes climate-smart agricultural practices to improve farmers' resiliency to climate change. It also provides on-the-ground technical assistance for improved crop yields.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
/On-Blockchain
Reducing carbon emissions and, in some cases, substituting the most carbon-intensive energy sources (e.g., coal, natural gas) with cleaner energy sources (e.g., hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, solar, wind).
ReSeed offers technical aid to improve soil carbon sequestration in local communities, and most farmers choose to adopt regenerative practices after joining the project.
Trust
Standards & Certifications
Monitoring and assessing improvements in individual and community well-being (e.g., local air quality, access to clean energy, job creation, and capacity building) to ensure that communities directly benefit from the projects beyond carbon mitigation.
Monitoring and assessing improvements in individual and community well-being (e.g., local air quality, access to clean energy, job creation, and capacity building) to ensure that communities directly
Trust
Third-Party Verification
/On-Blockchain
Assesses the abundance and diversity of soil microorganisms (e.g., bacteria, fungi) through species identification and other techniques; used to understand soil microbial communities and their role in nutrient cycling and soil health.
ReSeed partners with organizations for bioregional-specific soil recommendations, using "agtech" to document farm-specific practices, crops, and ecological conditions with a library of 60 practices.
Trust
Third-Party Verification
Increased capacity of soil to function as a living ecosystem and to support other life; characterized by a loose, friable, and well-drained structure, presence of adequate nutrients, a pH between 5.5 and 7.5, and high levels of biological activity, with little to no evidence of pollutants or toxins.
Provision of training programs and educational resources have a collective impact on farmers' interest in and capacity to focus on the longterm gains stemming from improved soil health.
Trust
Self-Reported
/On-Blockchain
ReSeed is an international, direct market built to serve under-resourced smallholder farmers interested in selling credits for high-quality carbon and, ultimately, for other ecological benefits. The project is piloting its MRV processes and marketplace with 8,700 smallholder farmers in Brazil. These farmers represent a population of global smallholders who are presently maintaining critical carbon stocks through their beneficial practices, but they are vulnerable to larger and more industrialized entities that threaten the existence of their farms and careful stewardship practices.
MRV practices document ReSeed’s two primary focus points: carbon protection through stored carbon, based on current practices, and carbon removal for increased carbon capture, through improved practices.
Clean air is vital for maintaining human health, reducing the risk of respiratory diseases, and supporting ecosystem balance and biodiversity. 
Clean and accessible water is crucial for the well-being of ecosystems, the preservation of biodiversity, and the fulfillment of essential human needs.
Healthy soils are essential for promoting robust plant growth, enhancing nutrient cycling, supporting diverse microbial communities, and mitigating soil erosion.
Enhancing and safeguarding biodiversity ensures the stability of ecosystems by providing invaluable services such as pollination, pest control, and genetic diversity.
Diversity and inclusion foster social justice, ensure equal access to resources derived from the environment, and promote the well-being of all, regardless of background.
Carbon capture and storage is crucial for tackling climate change, and by safeguarding the sustainability of our ecosystems, helps to ensure a thriving future for all. 
Measuring, assessment, and record-keeping conducted by the project collaborators. Self-reporting may include fieldwork, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, stakeholder evaluations, verifying paperwork, and other methods. 
Project collaborators may use data capture and verification methods such as game cameras, in-field geo-referenced documentation, and satellite data to confirm self-reported results. 
Some or all data is placed onto blockchain to ensure the immutability and transparency of specified shared data, sometimes using specified protocols for designated certifiers and registries. 
Evaluation or assessment conducted by an independent, trusted entity utilizing established standards and protocols, often in association with a specified certification process. 
Evaluation or assessment is conducted by an independent, trusted entity to ensure the accuracy and integrity of reported data. 
Record keeping mechanism that establishes standardized protocols for credit issuance and project registration, and provides a public ledger where credit ownership can be tracked from creation to retirement; the traceability of registry transactions protects the integrity of credit assets by ensuring that a credit or token cannot be allocated to more than one entity.
Clean air is vital for maintaining human health, reducing the risk of respiratory diseases, and supporting ecosystem balance and biodiversity.
Clean and accessible water is crucial for the well-being of ecosystems, the preservation of biodiversity, and the fulfillment of essential human needs.
Healthy soils are essential for promoting robust plant growth, enhancing nutrient cycling, supporting diverse microbial communities, and mitigating soil erosion.
Enhancing and safeguarding biodiversity ensures the stability of ecosystems by providing invaluable services such as pollination, pest control, and genetic diversity.
Diversity and inclusion foster social justice, ensure equal access to resources derived from the environment, and promote the well-being of all, regardless of background.
Carbon capture and storage is crucial for tackling climate change, and by safeguarding the sustainability of our ecosystems, helps to ensure a thriving future for all.
Measuring, assessment, and record-keeping conducted by the project collaborators. Self-reporting may include fieldwork, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, stakeholder evaluations, verifying paperwork, and other methods.
Project collaborators may use data capture and verification methods such as game cameras, in-field geo-referenced documentation, and satellite data to confirm self-reported results.
Some or all data is placed onto blockchain to ensure the immutability and transparency of specified shared data, sometimes using specified protocols for designated certifiers and registries.
Evaluation or assessment conducted by an independent, trusted entity utilizing established standards and protocols, often in association with a specified certification process.
Evaluation or assessment is conducted by an independent, trusted entity to ensure the accuracy and integrity of reported data.
Record keeping mechanism that establishes standardized protocols for credit issuance and project registration, and provides a public ledger where credit ownership can be tracked from creation to retirement; the traceability of registry transactions protects the integrity of credit assets by ensuring that a credit or token cannot be allocated to more than one entity.
Clean air is vital for maintaining human health, reducing the risk of respiratory diseases, and supporting ecosystem balance and biodiversity.
Clean and accessible water is crucial for the well-being of ecosystems, the preservation of biodiversity, and the fulfillment of essential human needs.
Healthy soils are essential for promoting robust plant growth, enhancing nutrient cycling, supporting diverse microbial communities, and mitigating soil erosion.
Enhancing and safeguarding biodiversity ensures the stability of ecosystems by providing invaluable services such as pollination, pest control, and genetic diversity.
Diversity and inclusion foster social justice, ensure equal access to resources derived from the environment, and promote the well-being of all, regardless of background.
Carbon capture and storage is crucial for tackling climate change, and by safeguarding the sustainability of our ecosystems, helps to ensure a thriving future for all.
Measuring, assessment, and record-keeping conducted by the project collaborators. Self-reporting may include fieldwork, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, stakeholder evaluations, verifying paperwork, and other methods.
Project collaborators may use data capture and verification methods such as game cameras, in-field geo-referenced documentation, and satellite data to confirm self-reported results.
Some or all data is placed onto blockchain to ensure the immutability and transparency of specified shared data, sometimes using specified protocols for designated certifiers and registries.
Evaluation or assessment conducted by an independent, trusted entity utilizing established standards and protocols, often in association with a specified certification process.
Evaluation or assessment is conducted by an independent, trusted entity to ensure the accuracy and integrity of reported data.
Record keeping mechanism that establishes standardized protocols for credit issuance and project registration, and provides a public ledger where credit ownership can be tracked from creation to retirement; the traceability of registry transactions protects the integrity of credit assets by ensuring that a credit or token cannot be allocated to more than one entity.
Clean air is vital for maintaining human health, reducing the risk of respiratory diseases, and supporting ecosystem balance and biodiversity.
Clean and accessible water is crucial for the well-being of ecosystems, the preservation of biodiversity, and the fulfillment of essential human needs.
Healthy soils are essential for promoting robust plant growth, enhancing nutrient cycling, supporting diverse microbial communities, and mitigating soil erosion.
Enhancing and safeguarding biodiversity ensures the stability of ecosystems by providing invaluable services such as pollination, pest control, and genetic diversity.
Diversity and inclusion foster social justice, ensure equal access to resources derived from the environment, and promote the well-being of all, regardless of background.
Carbon capture and storage is crucial for tackling climate change, and by safeguarding the sustainability of our ecosystems, helps to ensure a thriving future for all.
Measuring, assessment, and record-keeping conducted by the project collaborators. Self-reporting may include fieldwork, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, stakeholder evaluations, verifying paperwork, and other methods.
Project collaborators may use data capture and verification methods such as game cameras, in-field geo-referenced documentation, and satellite data to confirm self-reported results.
Some or all data is placed onto blockchain to ensure the immutability and transparency of specified shared data, sometimes using specified protocols for designated certifiers and registries.
Evaluation or assessment conducted by an independent, trusted entity utilizing established standards and protocols, often in association with a specified certification process.
Evaluation or assessment is conducted by an independent, trusted entity to ensure the accuracy and integrity of reported data.
Record keeping mechanism that establishes standardized protocols for credit issuance and project registration, and provides a public ledger where credit ownership can be tracked from creation to retirement; the traceability of registry transactions protects the integrity of credit assets by ensuring that a credit or token cannot be allocated to more than one entity.
Clean air is vital for maintaining human health, reducing the risk of respiratory diseases, and supporting ecosystem balance and biodiversity.
Clean and accessible water is crucial for the well-being of ecosystems, the preservation of biodiversity, and the fulfillment of essential human needs.
Healthy soils are essential for promoting robust plant growth, enhancing nutrient cycling, supporting diverse microbial communities, and mitigating soil erosion.
Enhancing and safeguarding biodiversity ensures the stability of ecosystems by providing invaluable services such as pollination, pest control, and genetic diversity.
Diversity and inclusion foster social justice, ensure equal access to resources derived from the environment, and promote the well-being of all, regardless of background.
Carbon capture and storage is crucial for tackling climate change, and by safeguarding the sustainability of our ecosystems, helps to ensure a thriving future for all.
Measuring, assessment, and record-keeping conducted by the project collaborators. Self-reporting may include fieldwork, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, stakeholder evaluations, verifying paperwork, and other methods.
Project collaborators may use data capture and verification methods such as game cameras, in-field geo-referenced documentation, and satellite data to confirm self-reported results.
Some or all data is placed onto blockchain to ensure the immutability and transparency of specified shared data, sometimes using specified protocols for designated certifiers and registries.
Evaluation or assessment conducted by an independent, trusted entity utilizing established standards and protocols, often in association with a specified certification process.
Evaluation or assessment is conducted by an independent, trusted entity to ensure the accuracy and integrity of reported data.
Record keeping mechanism that establishes standardized protocols for credit issuance and project registration, and provides a public ledger where credit ownership can be tracked from creation to retirement; the traceability of registry transactions protects the integrity of credit assets by ensuring that a credit or token cannot be allocated to more than one entity.
Clean air is vital for maintaining human health, reducing the risk of respiratory diseases, and supporting ecosystem balance and biodiversity.
Clean and accessible water is crucial for the well-being of ecosystems, the preservation of biodiversity, and the fulfillment of essential human needs.
Healthy soils are essential for promoting robust plant growth, enhancing nutrient cycling, supporting diverse microbial communities, and mitigating soil erosion.
Enhancing and safeguarding biodiversity ensures the stability of ecosystems by providing invaluable services such as pollination, pest control, and genetic diversity.
Diversity and inclusion foster social justice, ensure equal access to resources derived from the environment, and promote the well-being of all, regardless of background.
Carbon capture and storage is crucial for tackling climate change, and by safeguarding the sustainability of our ecosystems, helps to ensure a thriving future for all.
Measuring, assessment, and record-keeping conducted by the project collaborators. Self-reporting may include fieldwork, collecting quantitative and qualitative data, stakeholder evaluations, verifying paperwork, and other methods.
Project collaborators may use data capture and verification methods such as game cameras, in-field geo-referenced documentation, and satellite data to confirm self-reported results.
Some or all data is placed onto blockchain to ensure the immutability and transparency of specified shared data, sometimes using specified protocols for designated certifiers and registries.
Evaluation or assessment conducted by an independent, trusted entity utilizing established standards and protocols, often in association with a specified certification process.
Evaluation or assessment is conducted by an independent, trusted entity to ensure the accuracy and integrity of reported data.
Record keeping mechanism that establishes standardized protocols for credit issuance and project registration, and provides a public ledger where credit ownership can be tracked from creation to retirement; the traceability of registry transactions protects the integrity of credit assets by ensuring that a credit or token cannot be allocated to more than one entity. ReSeed’s protocols begin measurement with the farmers; the project’s farmers are provided with the ReSeed mobile app to assess their topography, vegetation, practices, and farm information. Data points are aggregated with corresponding data from other ReSeed farmers, and ReSeed’s AI engine combines it with other publicly available data to yield estimates of current carbon storage and potential for additional carbon removal using improved practices.
The collection of farm family and ecological data allows ReSeed to create a high-value “social impact carbon credit” that can incorporate factors such as farmer income, biodiversity conservation, water quality, and other benefits. Data conforms with established REDD+ avoided emissions principles and protocols. Carbon protection data stems primarily from assessments of primary and secondary forests, perennial crops, and farm practices.
With the constant influx of data from up to 30 sources, some measurements are updated as often as every 12 days. Data collected over the course of a year provide the calculations of each farmer’s annual payment. Micro-cycles of 5 years frame measurement for carbon protection and capture. “Capture” data are derived primarily from expansion of agroecological practices and restoration of degraded areas.
Reporting methods are embedded into ReSeed’s entire design. The project’s “farm fresh data” comes directly from the farms, the farmers, and the sale of credits, and ReSeed leverages appropriate and affordable technologies to gather, store, secure, aggregate, and validate the data. ReSeed employs its own proprietary blockchain technology to hold data and ensure transparency.
ReSeed’s AI engine consistently updates incoming data from a variety of sources, including high resolution satellite imagery, and also verifies existing assets and their status every 6-12 months.
ReSeed maintains full transparency of its complete financial process. Its proprietary blockchain technology logs and secures all data from farm, to sale, to disbursement of funds, and back to the farmers and community-based organizations. These processes are reviewed and certified by accredited third-party auditors.
Ironically, perhaps the most significant risk factor for ReSeed’s pilot project in Brazil is precisely the issue the project is trying to address: the conversion of ecologically-managed smallholder farms to larger, more industrialized operations (particularly, for the increasing cultivation of soy). With this conversion also comes the loss of a knowledge base that undergirds more sustainable practices.
Among small farms in Brazil, studies indicate that less than half of a farm family’s income is derived from the farm itself. If ReSeed is unable to adequately address the issue of economic viability, farmers may choose to pursue other employment options and sell their land.
Climate change also poses risks, both for small farm viability and for the stability of carbon stocks. ReSeed utilizes the IPCC vulnerability index as part of its risk assessment in this regard, and also utilizes conservative discounting and robust buffer pools to offset future risks.
ReSeed works to address permanence through its dual focus on “carbon protection”, which focuses on maintaining existing carbon stocks, and “carbon capture,” which focuses on increasing existing carbon stocks. Permanence, therefore, is incentivized.
Furthermore, carbon credits are issued only after positive impacts have been documented and verified. This verification occurs on a regular and timely basis.
The project’s renewable, five-year micro-cycle contract model also provides some permanence assurances. If a farm’s practices and outcomes are trending in the wrong direction over a five-year period, for example, the contract will not be renewed.
ReSeed addresses additionality through its emphasis on maintaining and building carbon stocks. Individual farmers are incentivized to go exceed their current statuses in order to augment their incomes. Expanded farm revenues should also help increase the overall number of participating farmers.
Given ReSeed’s focus on expanding of the number of participating farmers, and without a definitive geographical boundary, potential increases in the adoption of the project’s practices are anticipated to commensurately offset the likelihood of displacing negative impacts.
The ReSeed Marketplace is designed for direct transactions between under-resourced farmers in need of verified credits and buyers who value social impact carbon credits. The project’s market is targeted toward companies and individuals that wish to offset their carbon footprints. ReSeed’s registry also helps buyers fulfill their offset goals and ESG requirements.
ReSeed’s 8,700 participating farmers in Brazil have an estimated 2 million tons of carbon protection credits available and ready to bring to market. The project’s ambitious goal is to bring 1 billion metric tons of carbon credits to market by 2030, all of which will occur through the participation of millions of smallholder farmers around the world.
ReSeed is currently a protocol, and it is on the path to eventually become a standard. As the project builds its reputation for high-quality credits of all types, not just carbon, it promotes a critical feature of its business model. 50% of gross sales go directly back to farmers, 30% go back to farmer support services, and 20% go back to ReSeed. Farmer support services include technical support, consulting for improved farming practices, MRV processes, marketing and sales, and legal and auditing expenses. Other credits and services are in development and may occur on a “per hectare” or “per harvest weight” basis.
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