Soil carbon credits from
European farms

Soil carbon credits from European farms

Rebuilding soil, one farm at a time.

Carbon removals and reductions from working farmland, verified under Verra VM0042 and issued in the Verra registry. Each credit stands for one tonne of CO₂e.

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Cover crop fields in South Estonia

Held to the industry’s toughest standard

Project IDs 4835, 4951 and 5250

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Issued under Verra’s VM0042 methodology and independently audited every year by CarbonCheck and Earthood.

Project IDs 4835, 4951 and 5250

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Verra VM0042

Registered

Improved Agricultural Land Management. Credits are issued and retired in the Verra registry.

CCP label

Coming

ICVCM Core Carbon Principles label, claimed with the upgrade to VM0042 v2.2.

BeZero rating

Coming

Independent carbon rating of the project’s likelihood of delivering one tonne per credit.

EU CRCF

Coming

EU Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming certification, with the EU registry expected in 2028.

Trusted by buyers, built field by field

50+ farmer events a year

Automated data collection

Buyers welcome to visit the farms

Credit buyers make it possible

Changing practices costs a farmer money and risk in the first years. Credit revenue pays for that transition, so the soil starts storing carbon instead of losing it.

Cover cropping

Reduced tillage

Residue retention

Crop rotation

Precision fertilisation

Integrated pest management

Farms stay farms. Yields don’t drop, practices just get smarter.

Soil carbon balance on participating farms

tCO₂e per hectare per year

Before joining

−0.2

+0.8

After joining

A 1.0 tCO₂e/ha improvement a year. Farms in the Baltics and Poland.

Soil carbon balance on participating farms

tCO₂e per hectare per year

Before joining

−0.2

+0.8

After joining

A 1.0 tCO₂e/ha improvement a year. Farms in the Baltics and Poland.

A woman holds up a plant with its roots and a clump of field soil in her palm

Europe is losing its soil. This is how it gets rebuilt.

EU cropland loses about 0.3 t CO₂ per hectare every year.

0.6 tCO₂e*

per hectare a year, the climate impact of turning EU soils from losing carbon to building it

0.6 tCO₂e*

per hectare a year, the climate impact of turning EU soils from losing carbon to building it

100M ha

of arable land in the European Union

100M ha

of arable land in the European Union

60 Mt

of CO₂ improvement a year, half from stopping losses and half removed from the atmosphere

60 Mt

of CO₂ improvement a year, half from stopping losses and half removed from the atmosphere

€3.3 bn

a year for a continent-sized fix

€3.3 bn

a year for a continent-sized fix

Every credit works twice: once for the climate, once for the soil, water and biodiversity underneath it.

* Plants take in CO₂, keep the carbon and release the oxygen. Soil stores carbon, not CO₂. We count in tonnes of CO₂ because that is the climate impact: 1 t of carbon stored in soil equals about 3.67 t of CO₂ removed from the atmosphere (44/12, the ratio of their molecular weights).

Real farms. Real farmers.

More than 3,500 farmers in ten European countries work on the eAgronom platform. Behind every credit is one of them.

Poland

“I didn’t adopt new practices just for the carbon credits. I started using them because they made economic sense. With strip-till, I’ve cut the number of passes over the field, my fuel use and my working time. These are real savings that I see every year. I see carbon credits as an extra reward for practices that were already benefiting my farm.”

Przemysław Tryler, farmer, 600 ha

1 / 5

Latvia

“Since joining the Carbon Program, we no longer plough, or we keep tillage to a minimum. We have also cut mineral fertilisers, not just nitrogen but phosphorus and potassium too. Thanks to crop rotation and cover crops, our average winter wheat yield has gone up. What made us join and change how we work the soil was erosion, along with the time and resources tillage takes. We started with the crop rotation, because that is the most important part. Everything else follows from it.”

Mārtiņš Stanke, farmer, 162 ha

4 / 5

Poland

“I didn’t adopt new practices just for the carbon credits. I started using them because they made economic sense. With strip-till, I’ve cut the number of passes over the field, my fuel use and my working time. These are real savings that I see every year. I see carbon credits as an extra reward for practices that were already benefiting my farm.”

Przemysław Tryler, farmer, 600 ha

1 / 5

Latvia

“Since joining the Carbon Program, we no longer plough, or we keep tillage to a minimum. We have also cut mineral fertilisers, not just nitrogen but phosphorus and potassium too. Thanks to crop rotation and cover crops, our average winter wheat yield has gone up. What made us join and change how we work the soil was erosion, along with the time and resources tillage takes. We started with the crop rotation, because that is the most important part. Everything else follows from it.”

Mārtiņš Stanke, farmer, 162 ha

4 / 5

Poland

“I didn’t adopt new practices just for the carbon credits. I started using them because they made economic sense. With strip-till, I’ve cut the number of passes over the field, my fuel use and my working time. These are real savings that I see every year. I see carbon credits as an extra reward for practices that were already benefiting my farm.”

Przemysław Tryler, farmer, 600 ha

1 / 5

Latvia

“Since joining the Carbon Program, we no longer plough, or we keep tillage to a minimum. We have also cut mineral fertilisers, not just nitrogen but phosphorus and potassium too. Thanks to crop rotation and cover crops, our average winter wheat yield has gone up. What made us join and change how we work the soil was erosion, along with the time and resources tillage takes. We started with the crop rotation, because that is the most important part. Everything else follows from it.”

Mārtiņš Stanke, farmer, 162 ha

4 / 5

Poland

“I didn’t adopt new practices just for the carbon credits. I started using them because they made economic sense. With strip-till, I’ve cut the number of passes over the field, my fuel use and my working time. These are real savings that I see every year. I see carbon credits as an extra reward for practices that were already benefiting my farm.”

Przemysław Tryler, farmer, 600 ha

1 / 5

Latvia

“Since joining the Carbon Program, we no longer plough, or we keep tillage to a minimum. We have also cut mineral fertilisers, not just nitrogen but phosphorus and potassium too. Thanks to crop rotation and cover crops, our average winter wheat yield has gone up. What made us join and change how we work the soil was erosion, along with the time and resources tillage takes. We started with the crop rotation, because that is the most important part. Everything else follows from it.”

Mārtiņš Stanke, farmer, 162 ha

4 / 5

Poland

“I didn’t adopt new practices just for the carbon credits. I started using them because they made economic sense. With strip-till, I’ve cut the number of passes over the field, my fuel use and my working time. These are real savings that I see every year. I see carbon credits as an extra reward for practices that were already benefiting my farm.”

Przemysław Tryler, farmer, 600 ha

1 / 5

Latvia

“Since joining the Carbon Program, we no longer plough, or we keep tillage to a minimum. We have also cut mineral fertilisers, not just nitrogen but phosphorus and potassium too. Thanks to crop rotation and cover crops, our average winter wheat yield has gone up. What made us join and change how we work the soil was erosion, along with the time and resources tillage takes. We started with the crop rotation, because that is the most important part. Everything else follows from it.”

Mārtiņš Stanke, farmer, 162 ha

4 / 5

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How we make sure one credit equals one tonne

We check for what other credits skip: additionality, leakage and modelling uncertainty, all accounted for and credited conservatively.

Additionality

Three years of field-level history before a farm is credited, and a 20-year land-use review on every enrolled field.

Additionality

Three years of field-level history before a farm is credited, and a 20-year land-use review on every enrolled field.

Leakage

Crop yields are monitored on every field, and fuel and fertiliser use is tracked, so shifted production and added emissions are deducted.

Leakage

Crop yields are monitored on every field, and fuel and fertiliser use is tracked, so shifted production and added emissions are deducted.

Uncertainty

A soil model validated by external experts, 2,000 simulations every crediting cycle, and soil sampling every five years in an ISO-accredited lab.

Uncertainty

A soil model validated by external experts, 2,000 simulations every crediting cycle, and soil sampling every five years in an ISO-accredited lab.

Permanence

21% of every credit is held in a buffer pool, backed by a 5-year firm commitment and a 20+20 year farmer contract.

Permanence

21% of every credit is held in a buffer pool, backed by a 5-year firm commitment and a 20+20 year farmer contract.

Get the full methodology pack

Sampling design, modelling, uncertainty deductions, buffer pool and registry records. We’ll email it as soon as it’s ready.

Active in EU carbon farming policy

We contribute practical field experience to the EU’s work on carbon farming certification and prepare our projects for the CRCF as its rules take shape.

EU Mission Soil Ambassador

A Soil Deal for Europe

International Soil Carbon Industry Alliance

Member of the Board of Directors

Carbon Agriculture Alliance

Active member

EU Carbon Farming Summit

Contributing to EU CRCF development