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Low-cost soil carbon measurement technologies to enable soil carbon removal at scale.
About
Today, SOC is measured using dry combustion: soil cores are collected, mailed to a lab, and incinerated. This is laborious and costly. Soil carbon projects cannot afford it at scale, as the economic value of the sequestered carbon often doesn’t exceed cost of measurement. Yard Stick solves this problem with an instant, in-situ spectral soil carbon measurement device coupled with an integrated data platform which establishes a chain of custody and auditability of SOC data. We reduce the cost of measurement by 90%+ and expand opportunities for regenerative practices to improve ecosystem health, increase farmer income, and combat climate change.
Key Benefits
By making soil carbon measurement easy and cheap, farmers all over the world can both become part of the carbon sequestration credit economy and make money from good management practices and advance the state of regenerative agriculture with evidence-based decisions. Local farmers and communities will benefit both from being paid for sequestering carbon, and will regenerate damaged croplands and rangelands.
Applications
Today, carbon is measured in an antiquated manner: soil is sampled, mailed to a lab, and incinerated. This is laborious and costly. By reducing the cost of soil carbon measurement by more than 90%, Yard Stick will expand the opportunities for regenerative practices to simultaneously improve ecosystem health, increase farmer income, and combat climate change