Building healthy soil
Funding to bring the next regenerative practice to the next acre.
Putting carbon where it belongs
Funding solutions for farmers and ranchers.
Across our country, farmers and ranchers are restoring Earth’s climate by re-storing emissions as healthy, carbon-rich soil. Regenerative farming practices like composting, cover cropping, and managed grazing can restore life to our soil while removing carbon from the atmosphere. We have the power to grow more nutritious food, heal natural water cycles, and create habitat for biodiversity to thrive.
Restore Grants
If you are a California or Colorado-based farmer, we can help cover the cost of implementing practices that build healthy soil on your farm.
Compost Connector
If you are a California farmer looking for discounted compost, click the link below and apply to our Compost Connector program.
Regenerate soil
Restore our planet
Collectively, we’ve teamed up with farmers and ranchers to sequester more than 97,000 tons of CO2e.
You’ve got questions.
We’ve got answers.
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Any farmer growing crops for human consumption who is in need of resources to bring regenerative practices to their operation is encouraged to apply. Different programs have different geographical requirements.
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Restore grants are currently available in CA and CO. We will be rolling out grant opportunities to other states in 2024 and 2025.
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We select projects that most cost-effective carbon sequestration. That means that we fund projects that have the lowest cost for each ton of carbon sequestered, with incentives built in for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and to farmers that supply our member businesses.
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We use the COMET Planner and other peer-reviewed guidance to estimate the carbon benefit of practice implementation. We are actively incorporating other forms of science based guidance into our programs, so please contact us if you’d like to nominate a quantification methodology.
"To do things the way you’d like to, it’s a question of having the right resources or right equipment. When you’re starting a business you sometimes don’t have that, which is why I really appreciate Zero Foodprint’s grant program. It’s the most approachable and helpful one that I’ve come across."
Verónica at Brisa Ranch
Funded Projects
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An agave farm run by former plant scientists.
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A vegetable farm started by beginner farmers
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A values-driven farm with a wide array of produce
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A farm offering hands-on regenerative training.
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A family-run regenerative meat operation.
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An innovative culinary garden growing community.
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Compost increases microbial activity
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A regenerative ranch that proved the possibilities.
