How the CFN helps Farmers
How the national program helps Farmers
The Carbon Farm Network (CFN) supports farmers by helping fund and activate carbon farming through both planning support and market demand. CFN membership fees support the implementation of the national Climate Beneficial Fiber Partnership program on our regional partnering farms - helping move producers from baseline assessment and carbon farm planning into on-the-ground practice adoption and verified outcomes. CFN also functions as a purchasing cooperative: designers and small brands pool orders to source fiber from regional farms and produce yarn at required minimums, creating a more reliable local market 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.