🌎 Welcome back to the CleanTechies PodLetter, founder edition.
Today, we are talking to Josh Knauer from ReSeed
In today’s conversation, we discuss…
Why regenerative ag is the best form of carbon capture
How Josh is building both the technology and a global protocol to support their methodology
What’s worked with them collaborating with smallholder farmers
& More. Enjoy today’s episode, and let us know your thoughts in the comments
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The Guest: Josh Knauer
Josh is the Co-Founder of ReSeed, creating premium carbon assets that directly compensate farmers globally for drawing down carbon.
Josh has gone from deep in the Amazon rainforest and across the African Savanna to help indigenous tribes implement business strategies to protect their land and culture, to the board rooms of Fortune 100 companies, and startups, universities and non-profits in between. President Barack Obama asked him to join the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology to help think through and implement open data initiatives throughout the federal government.
He is also a serial tech entrepreneur, two companies of which were acquired by publicly traded companies.
He has served on a wide range of local, national and international non-profit boards, including the Social Venture Network and WQED Multimedia. He also has been a frequent speaker at events like SXSW, AdWeek, the International Television Festival and many universities.
The Startup: ReSeed
Carbon Credits, Regenerative Agriculture, Smallholder Farms
One-liner: creating carbon assets that directly compensate farmers globally for drawing down carbon
ReSeed brings carbon credits directly from farmers to the market. They are an end-to-end platform that incentivizes farmers to protect and remove carbon. Their unique business partnership with farmers helps combat climate change at scale.
They believe that:
There is still a viable window of time to solve the climate crisis
Market forces can inspire billions of people and companies to participate in reversing climate change
An auditable, transparent and trustworthy data ecosystem is critical to make these changes happen
Their vision is that soon, growing food will be recognized as essential to restoring the ecosystems that sustain us; farmers’ contributions to the health of the planet will be justly valued, and climate change can be stopped and reversed.
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📝 Show Notes:
Topics
03:12 ReSeed
06:35 Engaging with Farmers through Local NGOs
08:03 Process of Onboarding Farmers and Issuing Credits
11:23 Stabilizing Farmers on the Land
30:07 Partnering with Farmers as Business Partners
33:40 Photosynthesis as Carbon Capture
35:42 The Trading Desk and Receipt Marketplace
40:53 Maintaining the Highest Integrity Carbon Credits
48:25 Announcing Partnership at COP28
51:43 Investing in Nature-Based Solutions
56:35 Takeaways
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#171 Regenerative Farming, Carbon Credits, Smallholders, Global Protocols & More w/ Josh Knauer (ReSeed)