The Carbon Cycle Institute has developed a model framework for land management that emphasizes carbon as the organizing principle. Land management within this framework leads to enhanced rates of carbon capture, increases the provision of important ecosystem services (including water), builds agricultural resilience and mitigates climate change. The framework relies on sound policies, technical assistance, public-private partnerships, quantification methodologies and innovative financing mechanisms that ultimately empower land managers to efficiently implement on-the-ground, effective solutions. CCI’s Carbon Farming framework is now widely supported by local, state, and federal natural resource agencies, and is providing a foundation for value-added direct marketing, sustainable supply-chain creation, and other corporate sustainability initiatives. Most importantly, carbon farming makes sense to farmers and ranchers, and has been an excellent vehicle for increasing on-farm climate and carbon cycle literacy. Learn more about Carbon Farm Planning and about building a Carbon Farming Network.