How the CFN helps Farmers
How the national program helps Farmers
The Carbon Farm Network (CFN) supports farmers through whole farm planning, implementation funding, and incentives for marketing their fiber. As part of the national Climate Beneficial™ Verification program, we work with a partnership of organizations to move our NYS producers from baseline assessment and carbon farm planning to on- the-ground practice adoption with verified outcomes. CFN also functions as a purchasing cooperative: designers and small brands pool resources and distribute the cost of sourcing and processing fiber into yarn. Our CFN creates a reliable local market for premium fiber pricing for farms producing Climate Beneficial™ fiber.
The national Climate Beneficial Fiber Partnership supports farms through a multi-year pathway that combines hands-on technical support, verification, and market connection. Farms are first connected with a third-party technical assistance provider to complete baseline testing and develop a Carbon Farm Plan, then receive continued on-site visits, data collection, and planning support as they implement new practices and move through a transitional stage toward verified status. With guidance from the Climate Beneficial Verified (CBV) team and technical assistance providers, farms progress to fully verified practice implementation with a plan in place, while program support and funding needs focus on core workstreams like carbon farm planning/technical assistance, practice implementation, and market development so producers can adopt practices such as soil testing, compost application, and cover cropping and connect their verified fiber into new supply networks.