LOUIS, March 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Ecosystem Services Market Consortium , a food tech company unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants, today announced the completion of the first year of a carbon credit pilot leveraging Benson Hill’s farm to ingredient business model.
Debbie Reed, ESMC Executive Director, noted, “Our digitized program enables seamless enrollment and participation for farmers.
Net-zero carbon commitments are rapidly accelerating across the globe but bridging the complex agricultural supply chain to engage farmers and both accurately and efficiently connect digital data streams can be a challenge for food companies seeking to achieve carbon neutrality.
Benson Hill packaged up the required agronomic data and soil carbon testing, then all I had to do was review and approve,” stated Aaron Lee of Cornerstone Family Farms in Salem, Indiana and a producer in the 2021 pilot.
“Food production is one of the most promising industries to help mitigate climate change, and our work with ESMC demonstrates the value of connecting the farmer to the consumer facilitating increased transparency,” said Anthony Kingsley, Sr.
In 2022, ESMC is targeting 500,000 acres enrollment with market program launch.
It is a public private partnership of the agricultural supply chain and value chain – including agricultural producer groups and co-ops, major corporate food and beverage companies, agribusiness, conservation NGO’s, ag tech companies, land grant universities, and others.
Benson Hill empowers innovators to unlock nature’s genetic diversity from plant to plate, with the purpose of creating nutritious, great-tasting food and ingredient options that are both widely accessible and sustainable.
There can be no assurance Benson Hill’s data aggregation processes and technology will achieve the benefits described herein, that such benefits can be replicated in any particular manner, or that these sustainability efforts will be successful, benefit Benson Hill and its stockholders, or improve over time.