Producers who enroll in a carbon credit program should expect to be audited to get paid.
Executive Director Debbie Reed with Ecosystems Services Marketing Consortium (ESMC) says growers will need to begin by collecting baseline data on their farm or ranch. “They do document their baseline, they’re starting point as well as changes in their production systems that will create improvements in soil carbon, net greenhouse gases, water quality, water quantity and biodiversity,” Reed says.
