This company provides supply chain decarbonization solutions for the food and agriculture sector by integrating biochar-enhanced fertilizers with digital traceability. They use verifiable field data, IoT, and satellite analytics to quantify carbon removal and emission reductions aligned with ISO and SBTi standards. The platform translates on-the-ground regenerative agriculture impacts into measurable climate intelligence and verifiable carbon credits.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Corporations face challenges in accurately measuring and reducing Scope 3 emissions within their agricultural supply chains, particularly when working with smallholder farmers who often lack access to resources for transitioning to regenerative practices. Nitrogen fertilizer overuse contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, soil degradation, and reduced farmer livelihoods, but affordable alternatives and scalable solutions are needed.
Solution
Happy Ground provides a climate-tech platform that enables corporations to achieve measurable and verifiable insetting by partnering with smallholder farmers to implement regenerative agriculture practices. The company leverages biochar and develops high-integrity carbon removal projects that improve soil health, crop yields, and farmer livelihoods while reducing reliance on synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. Happy Ground's insetting platform tracks biochar application and nitrogen reduction at the farm level, combining satellite data with ground-level insights to provide transparent and auditable reporting. By de-risking the initial transition to regenerative agriculture, Happy Ground facilitates a scalable path towards sustainable farming practices and reduced Scope 3 emissions for corporations.
Target Audience
Happy Ground's primary customers are food and agriculture corporations seeking to reduce Scope 3 emissions within their supply chains and meet sustainability goals, as well as carbon market stakeholders seeking high-integrity carbon removal credits.
Features
- Biochar production from agricultural residues, avoiding open burning and mitigating PM2.5 pollution
- Biochar-enhanced biofertilizers that improve nitrogen use efficiency and reduce synthetic fertilizer dependency
- Insetting platform for tracking biochar application, nitrogen reduction, and soil health improvements at the farm level
- Satellite-driven monitoring combined with ground-truth data for verifiable and transparent reporting
- Compliance-ready reports aligned with GHG Protocol (Scope 3), SBTi FLAG guidance, and CSRD reporting requirements
- Partnerships with farmer cooperatives to ensure solutions are tailored to local needs and conditions
- Carbon credit projects certified by Carbon Standards International (CSI) and Puro.earth
- Support for biomass circularity, transforming agricultural waste into valuable soil amendments