Indigo | Carbon

High farmer returns

75% of the weighted price paid by buyers for a carbon credit crop gets back to the farmer in the standard program. Rising carbon prices boost returns, while improved soil health over time enhances farm resilience.

Outcome-Based Program

We pay for carbon sequestered from the practices farmers adopt, rather than a lump sum or single payment for practice change, ensuring aligned incentives between farmers and corporations.

Integrity At Scale

Nearly 1M credits issued to date, making us the largest registry-approved ag soil carbon program in the market.

Registry-Approved Program

The Climate Action Reserve (CAR), an independent third-party registry, approves our credits and confirms their eligibility for sale.

Carbon Farmer

Matthew Rebenitsch, North Dakota

"When I first signed up in 2020, it was too complicated. I wanted to participate, but it took too much time, and I didn’t know what I’d earn. This year, it took 90 minutes to enter my farm information from 2020-2024 plus four years of historic look back, and I got a real estimate based on years of data. Why wouldn’t farmers do this?"

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FOR FARMERS

Grow your profits and enrich your soil

Looking for new ways to meet and exceed your bottom line? Enhance your soil and tap into a new market with carbon farming. Available across the continental US for 18 crops. Use our carbon calculator to estimate earnings and secure extra income by enrolling in Carbon by Indigo.

Are you a farmer in India? Enroll with our Joint Venture, Grow Indigo

FOR CREDIT PURCHASERS

Invest in the future

Interested in purchasing high-quality carbon credits? Leading corporations trust Indigo's credits and support farmers in their journey toward sustainable agriculture. Whether you're an individual, small business, or large enterprise, our credits empower you to meet your environmental goals while making a meaningful impact with a program you can trust.

Read our latest purchase announcements

FOR WATER-INTENSIVE CORPORATIONS

Drive measurable water conservation

Is your company looking to manage freshwater use for data centers and other water-intensive operations? Indigo collaborates with companies to implement regenerative agriculture programs that can reduce surface runoff, enhance soil moisture storage, replenish groundwater, and reduce erosion. By investing in these solutions, companies can drive measurable water conservation impact and manage water scarcity risk, while supporting surrounding communities.

Learn about our collaboration with Google

“As the market for carbon credits expands, the farmer's going to be able to see that with the increased revenue because we're getting paid for the carbon we are sequestering. So as that becomes more valuable, that's more money in the farmer's pocket.”

Chris Lehe

Lehe Farms, Indiana

“Farmers always want to do the right thing and they want to continue on so that operation can go generation to generation. It all starts with agronomy and it has to be right for the operation and the field and that farm. We're not looking for flash in the pan one year commitments. We really want to make sure it's sustainable long term and it's good for that operation.”

Casey Onstot

Marketing Leader , Corteva Agriscience

“BCG is excited to partner with Indigo Ag as they develop promising technologies. The world needs viable, scalable, and high-quality carbon sequestration projects to address the climate crisis.”

Rich Lesser

CEO , BCG

“We want to make sure we are here for many more generations. We do this by striving to always take care of the land.”

Kasey Bryant Bamberger

Ohio Farmer

“For the first time, we can choose which program will make us the most money for our sustainability efforts, while working with our local buyer. I need flexibility for my operations year-to-year depending on a variety of factors. I’ve experienced a lot of success with the Carbon by Indigo program and having the option to sell my crop into a sustainable crop program without leaving the Carbon program or double counting is incredibly exciting and promising for us.”

Ryan Brady

Kansas Farmer

“We are pleased to offer Indigo carbon offsets on the Cool Effect platform. We value Indigo's pioneering work with the Climate Action Reserve and Verra to quantify carbon sequestration in soil as well as its goals to teach and promote beneficial, sustainable agricultural practices that help both the farmer and mother earth.”

Dee Lawrence

Co-Founder , Cool Effect

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All Indigo products, services and offers are subject to terms, conditions, limitations and eligibility requirements. See relevant program agreement for details. Any projected results, payments or earnings displayed on this website are general estimates for informational purposes only and were calculated based on assumptions that may not be applicable to any specific operation. Actual results will vary based on a number of conditions and variables, such as geography, agronomic practices applied, climate, performance, soil outcomes, and market conditions. Each participant should individually assess the risks and benefits of participation. Neither Indigo nor any of its representatives or affiliates represents, warrants, or guarantees any specific payment rates, payment amounts, outcomes or results. All payments under Carbon by Indigo are (i) based on performance the number of verified carbon credits generated on enrolled land and sold to a third-party buyer, (ii) paid on a five-year schedule, contingent upon continued long-term maintenance of qualifying agricultural practices and soil carbon levels, and (iii) subject to a buffer pool holdback of up to 20% of carbon credits generated in order to protect against reversals, which buffer pool credits will not be subject to payment.

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