CROPP Carbon Insetting Program

Organic Valley's path toward carbon neutrality from farm to retail

To strengthen Organic Valley’s resiliency and achieve our carbon neutral by 2050 goal, we are taking the path of carbon insetting. Towards this goal, Organic Valley has been awarded a $25 million USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities grant agreement to incentivize farmers and finance partnerships to advance the Organic Valley Carbon Insetting Program (OVCIP).

Organic Valley dairy member-farms who wish to reduce their farms’ emissions through climate-smart agricultural practices can enroll in OVCIP now! By participating in OVCIP, our farmer-members will be paid for their greenhouse gas emissions reductions and carbon removals. They can ensure that their carbon credits stay with their farm and benefit the co-op, thus helping to reach our collective carbon neutral goal.

We are currently enrolling the following climate-smart practices:

Solid-liquid manure separation
Manure composting
Solar (off-grid and grid-connected)
Enteric feed supplements
Agroforestry including silvopasture, riparian buffers, windbreaks, hedgerows and alley cropping

In general, these practices will need to be new to the farm, although we are evaluating the ability to include some existing practices.

Eligibility Information

OVCIP enrollment is first come, first served and open to active Organic Valley member-farms in our Dairy, Egg, and Grower pools. Click below to begin the enrollment process. Enrollment will open to other member-pools in future years.

Carbon Insetting - Enroll Here

If you are not a member of Organic Valley, click below to learn more about how to become a member.

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Participating farmers who wish to receive USDA incentives through OVCIP will need to meet some additional enrollment requirements, which our team will review with those who express interest in the program.

Note: Organic Valley will provide each farmer applying for benefits paid by the USDA grant a description in writing of how their information, including but not limited to data about their farm and commodities, will be utilized, protected, and shared as applicable.