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This May 8 story, spotlighting an official pledge to sustain herd sizes and farm operations, captures Ireland's tension as the government races to meet climate goals by 2030.

This May 13 story shows funding flows from cap-and-trade revenue shifting by the billion to prevent and remediate wildfires in California forests.

On May 10, Axios reported a deal between Visa and Sustainable Carbon on an ambitious platform called Carbonplace.

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 linkapalooza from May 4 surveys advances in soil quality, including some nods to cover crops and updated practices.

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 22 executive order from President Biden instructs agencies to inventory old-growth forests in the next year and pursue a coordinated strategy for managing and replenishing them.

Conservation Finance Network

Did You Hear What They Herd?

This Isn't What We Meant to Cap

Did Visa Just Make Carbon Offsetting Easy-a?

Worth Reading About Worth: Kyte Addresses Voluntary Markets

The Price of Quality on the Black Market

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

You've Forest My Hand