Organic grower Braga Fresh partnered with predictive agriculture company Agrology to install a regenerative agriculture technology platform to track and quantify soil carbon in real time.
Braga Fresh has been field testing the Agrology platform to measure soil carbon respiration changes based on cultural practices employed in its regenerative farming trials.
“Soil health and testing has long been a part of the Braga Fresh organic farming program, and quantifying these practices with real-time data is key,” said Eric Moran, vice president of environmental science and resources. “The soil carbon monitoring system is the best tool we’ve seen to help us evaluate our regenerative trials.”
Braga Fresh has been field testing the Agrology platform to measure soil carbon respiration changes based on cultural practices employed in its regenerative farming trials.
The Agrology arbiter carbon monitoring system helps growers track and quantify soil carbon in real time. Its machine learning model tracks and interprets data to monitor growing challenges such as soil carbon flux and soil microbiome health. Arbiter issues weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual carbon reports, enabling growers to report on and quantify carbon emissions.
“Braga Fresh has ambitious plans to enhance soil carbon sequestration and cut carbon emissions, and we are honored that they are testing our technology in its fields,” said Adam Koeppel, co-founder, and CEO of Agrology. “Sequestering and keeping carbon in the soil is the best way to remove atmospheric carbon rapidly and affordably, and that’s where regenerative agriculture practices come into place.”
The grower installed the soil carbon monitoring system in July 2022 as part of a regenerative trial program. In addition to soil carbon respiration and soil health, ground-truth sensors and tech platforms help the company manage multiple factors, including crop irrigation, water management, insects, plant disease, and air quality. Trialing regenerative practices is helping the grower to identify feasible low tillage practices for fresh vegetable production while maintaining the quality and food safety expectations of retailers and consumers.
“I envision Agrology being able to help us measure changes in our cultural practices. It’s a great tool for farmers to keep track of practices across our farm,” said Moran.
For more information:
Kori Tuggle
Braga Fresh
Kori.Tuggle@BragaFresh.com
https://bragafresh.com/
Holly Nuss
Agrology
holly@agrology.ag
https://www.agrology.ag/