USDA/NRCS EQIP and CSP – Fields enrolled in Carbon by Indigo are also eligible to apply for NRCS EQIP and/or CSP funding. Since EQIP and CSP are specifically paying growers for adopting conservation practices and not the impact of those practices on the field (i.e., the carbon and/or GHG abatement), they are not in conflict with Carbon by Indigo.

Local Watershed and Conservation Programs – In some states and regions, there are watershed-specific programs that are either a cost-share or offer other incentives to promote cover crop and/or reduced tillage adoption.

An example of this kind of program is Ohio’s H2Ohio watershed program. These programs can be through state departments of agriculture, Ag Extension, USDA/NRCS or even local or national NGOs.

In all of these cases, these programs are compatible with Carbon by Indigo so long as they don’t explicitly pay growers for the carbon sequestered or the GHGs abated on their fields.

Habitat Restoration/Hunting Leases – Leasing land for hunting or receiving financial incentives from programs like Pheasants Forever to plant cover crops and/or reduce tillage for improved habitats are not in conflict with Carbon by Indigo as long as the field remains in agricultural production.