Innovative financing to help restore soil health
Iroquois Valley’s Soil Restoration Notes are an innovative conservation financing tool that provides investors a return and enables farmers to invest in the land. These notes specifically target support for soil health and the organic transition. This work was partially funded by a Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Conservation Innovation Grant.
Conservation Innovation Grants are three-year grants – ours was funded in 2016 and was completed in September 2019. Our final...