Start producer form Nothing to ask, and nothing to find out whether something fits. We are paid through the project rather than by you up front. We find the funding, and we source and apply the material that the funding pays for. Before any work starts you get it in writing, who pays for what, and you decide then.
We build the value of your soil, which builds the value of your land. That is the trade.
No. The carbon in our name is the carbon in your soil. Native Ground does not create, register, broker or sell carbon credits. If a program you enter has its own terms about carbon rights, those terms live in that program's agreement, and you read them before you sign anything.
Two steps, and the first binds you to nothing. You sign one page saying you are interested and want us working for you, and you can end it any time in writing. When a program fits your ground and money is committed, that program has its own agreement with its own terms, and you decide then.
No. Native Ground is a private company. We are not USDA, NRCS, FSA, another government agency, a private funder or a tribal government, and we do not act on behalf of any of them. We cannot commit any of them to anything, and we do not decide who qualifies.
A soil carbon amendment. In plain terms, a stable carbon material, usually blended with compost and the biology that belongs in that soil, applied to the ground and worked in according to the plan.
It is not one bagged product pulled off a shelf. The blend is matched to a soil test and to the resource concern your plan identifies, because ground that is short of water holding capacity does not need the same thing as ground that is short of biology.
No. We may source or supply materials that your project funding pays for, and you remain free to choose another qualified supplier, subject to the requirements of the program and your written agreement.
Tell us anyway. Program eligibility usually turns on control of the land rather than title, which means tenants and operators are often in scope. Bring the lease to the conversation and we will work out where you stand.
Say so early. Records, title and consent work differently on trust and allotted ground, and the usual paperwork path does not always apply. We are Native-led, we expect those questions instead of being surprised by them, and we will tell you honestly what the path looks like.
No, you do not have to be Native to work with us, and being Native-led is not a fact about us so much as part of what we can do for you.
There is work in federal conservation that can only be performed by a person designated by a tribal or Indigenous governing body. The certified technical service provider credential, which is what nearly all paid agricultural consulting runs on, does not qualify for it. The requirement sits on the person doing the work, not on the landowner.
So the method is the same for anyone who works ground, and some of what that method includes is simply not open to most providers.
Months, not weeks, and the timing belongs to the program rather than to us. Records come first, then a plan worked out with the local office, then a ranking deadline, then a written decision, then the work. The reason to start before a window opens is that the slow part is already done when it does.
We ask for the basic facts about your operation: where the ground is, what you run, who controls it, and what you have done with programs before.
We will never ask you for a Social Security number, a tax identification number, banking details, tax returns or income information, and you should never send those to us by web form, email or text. That information belongs with the agency or a secure program service.
Email support@nativeground.earth and a person will get back to you. Tell us where your ground is and what you are running, and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.
Phone 405-400-0418.
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