Mayville ,
United States of America
Currently, there is 188,000 acres enrolled in North Dakota, Minnesota, Florida, USA and expanding across the country. Through the use of a foliar to the plants, seed and soil, this enables more carbon to be transferred into the soil for nutrient storage and boosted plant growth, plant mass and carbon uptake by the plant. Cover cropping, reduced to no tillage also help to increase the amount of carbon stored in the soil. The average carbon gain ranged from 4.7 to 8.1 tons per acre. Type of Credit: Measured drawdown of atmospheric carbon dioxide stored in the soil. Registry & Protocol: BCarbon was formed as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in August 2021 by a stakeholder group formed out of the Baker Institute at Rice University in Houston, Texas, USA. BCarbon has approved four carbon crediting protocols: soil, forest, coastal blue carbon, and natural gas well plugging. The first protocol developed by BCarbon was associated with soil carbon. Native prairies and grasslands capture carbon dioxide by photosynthesis and can deposit more carbon into the soil than is respired back into the atmosphere. Here, BCarbon requires statistically significant measurement to ensure accuracy of both initial testing and second and third round testing over time. Credits are issued for the measured increase in soil carbon observed from initial testing to each verification testing period. BCarbon’s protocol allows for the annual issuance of interim credits after initial testing, but all such interim credits are subject to “true up” testing. For this reason, interim credit issuance estimates are conservative. Additionality value gains are measured scientifically on farms and are verified 3rd party by registered agricultural laboratories and licensed agronomists that strictly follow BCarbon’s protocols. (Dan Davidson, PhD, Agronomist) Permanence: 15 years plus market-based extensions beyond net zero 2050 to net negative from 2050 to 2100 and beyond. Avoidance of Double-Counting: Provided by existing BCarbon blockchain technology that registers and tracks each credit from cradle to grave. Commercial Crops in Program: Corn, Soybeans, Specialty beans, Sugar beets, Cotton, Canola, Alfalfa, Wheat