SBIR/STTR Research Award
Working Trees: Scaling Agroforestry Carbon Projects Across Agricultural Supply Chains
Award amount
$598,827Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Recipient company
- WORKING TREES, INC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-09-11
- Contract end date
- 2026-09-14
- UEI
- R2DFKLU4CM37
- Solicitation number
- USDA-NIFA-SBIR-010287
- Topic code
- 8.6
Research abstract
WorkingTrees(WT)isaclimate-techstartupenablingpastureownerstogeneraterevenueviacarbon
marketsbyintegratingproductivetreesintotheirlandapracticeknownassilvopasture.Silvopasture
enhancespasturelandprofitabilitycarbonsequestrationandenvironmentalhealthbutiscurrently
adoptedon<1%ofUSfarmland.
WThasdeployedthefirstsilvopasturecarbonprojectintheUSgenerating300000acresofinterest
frompasturelandownerswith12pilotfarmsacrosseightstates.Acriticaltechnologicalcomponent
ofthisprogramisWT'smobileappwhichaccuratelyverifiessilvopasturecarbonstocksusinga
phone'scameraenablingsmall-holderfarmstoparticipateincarbonmarkets.
WorkingTrees'SBIRPhaseIIprojectgoalaspartofSBIR'sRuralandCommunityDevelopment
topicareaistoadvanceanddeploythetechnicalinfrastructureneededtofacilitatewidespreadfarmer
adoptionofsilvopasturethroughsupply-chaincarbonremoval(i.e.insetting)partnershipswith
agriculturalConsumerPackagedGoods(CPGs)companies.WorkingTrees'technologycancatalyze
silvopasturedeploymentbyaddressingthechallengesfacedbothCPGandfarmers:CPGscanshare
costswithsupplychainpartnersandtracktheclimateimpactofsilvopastureintheirsupplychains;
farmersreceivesilvopasturedesignsupportandcompensationforsequesteredcarbon.
WThaslaunchedthefirstthreesilvopastureinsettingcarbonprojectsintheUSinpartnershipwith
OrganicValleyLactalisandNeutral.WithSBIRPhaseIIfundingWTaimstocontinuedeveloping
technologytodriveimpactscalingsilvopastureadoptionacrossagriculturalsupplychainsimproving
theeconomicandenvironmentalresilienceoffamilyfarmsandcombatingclimatechange.
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Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2023–2024). Reported award amounts total $723,308. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Agriculture