We help producers make sense of the economic incentives for soil health.
Regenerated pastureland in Montana’s Centennial Valley. All rights reserved, Soil Upside.
Hi there. We’re Soil Upside.
Whether you’re a farmer or rancher, funder, policy maker or company executive, we want to help you make sense of financial incentives to improve soil health.
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Database of Incentives for Soil Health (DISH)
The centerpiece of our work is building a database that aggregates information about soil health financial incentives.
This will include state and federal loans, grants & cost-shares; philanthropic grants; tax credits; wholesale buyers’ insetting and Scope 3 programs; offtake & advance purchase programs; new & emerging markets; certification premiums; carbon & biodiversity credits; lending & crop insurance products; fractional equity programs; water district nutrient reduction programs; stacked enterprise opportunities (e.g. agroforestry, solar or wind) conservation easements and many more.
The Big DISH
Let us know about incentive programs we should include. Help others find programs that will work for them.
OUR SERVICES
Our Insight & Analysis Services
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We stand on your side without any interest in selling you anything. We are your soil health fiduciaries.
We can map the programs that are applicable to your region, your operation and your soil health projects.
We can identify conflicts between programs, estimate the financial value that may be available to you, and make recommendations on which to pursue.
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Do you have producer clients who are exploring soil health practices and have asked questions about state or federal conservation funding or voluntary soil carbon programs?
We can help you add value for your producer clients by identifying sources of financial support for their operations, either as white-labeled partners or on a case-by-case basis.
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Whether you’re a for-profit, philanthropic or public funder, we can help you understand the landscape of funding programs in which you’re operating across a wide range of dimensions including competitive analysis, best practices across offerings, gap analysis, and adoption and utilization analysis.
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If you’re an end-buyer of agricultural commodities that has introduced a soil health supplier program, our Economic Impact Assessment can help you understand how your programs are impacting producers financially.
This is a primary indicator of the longevity, durability and desirability of your program among your critical upstream partners.
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We can help identify public and private financial programs to support your grower partners in their soil health practices.
Regardless of your lease structure, ultimately this will support your IRR targets through increased resiliency and productivity and, by extension, land value.
Adam Chappell sharing the soil health practices he's implementing on his farm in Cotton Plant, Arkansas. All rights reserved, Soil Upside.