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This May 17 story visits two farmers investing in soil-health innovation before it gets to carbon-market scale.

The Defense Department helps this Minnesota wolf defend its turf.

The United States' military apparatus depends on stable land for security at its sites. A partnership with land trusts and other stewards makes conservation hay from that conviction.

Rachel Kyte, who helped hammer out the Paris agreement, talks through techniques to deliver robust carbon markets before (or instead of waiting until) governments make the rules. The interview requires a 7-day free trial.

This April 27 blog post works through how community land trusts, which farmers started in the face of racist systems, can advance Black homeownership.

This All Things Considered story from April 28 situates carbon removal in the forefront of many popular science-aligned strategies for climate survival.

This January, Environmental Defense Fund and Farmers Business Network launched the pilot Regenerative Agriculture Finance Fund (RAFF). Enrolled farmers who meet soil health and nitrogen efficiency standards will access a 0.5% discount on a one-year credit line. This product, years in the making, aims to update farm financing.

This April 19 TV story from a Baltimore affiliate elucidates some water-management practice in a state where conservation finance now flows through public policy.

This April 12 press release details a partnership among Burger King, Cargill, and the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation to send up to $10 million in grants over five years to support regenerative practices across the United States' Great Plains.

So five gargantuan companies are deploying $925 million for what they say are verifiable carbon-credit projects. Here's the April 13 take in GreenBiz on a new venture from Alphabet, Meta, McKinsey, Shopify and Stripe.

This April 4 news item catches us up on (still-in-draft) efforts to create a state conservation bank in South Carolina.

Conservation Finance Network

"They Need to Hear It From Another Farmer"

Unlocking Partnership, Opening Paths: Inside the REPI Program

Worth Reading About Worth: Kyte Addresses Voluntary Markets

Land Trusts Can Lead to Housing Justice, Says a Federal Reserve Bank

In Which the Verb Carries Lofty Meaning

The Regenerative Agriculture Finance Fund's Climate-Smart Rebate

Take a Chesapeake at This

Beyond Plain: Burger King and Cargill Announce Matching Pledge For Regenerative Grants

Meta and Partners Push Nearly $1 Billion Into Offsets

Steering Into the Conservation Bank?