"This pioneering soil carbon capture project will help farmers and other land managers to increase and restore carbon stores in soils and ecosystems. It is vital that this carbon benefit is realised in the short term to address the climate crisis.”

First Milk, Nestlé and Agricarbon have announced the launch of a pioneering soil carbon capture project, with scientific guidance from leading soil ecologist and James Hutton Institute Honorary Associate, Dr Helaina Black.

The project will use state-of-the-art machinery to carry out intensive soil carbon analysis at a fraction of the usual cost, to establish a comprehensive and scientifically robust soil carbon baseline for First Milk farms, allowing soil carbon sequestration to be quantified over time.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute