Join the conversation and learn how the food you eat can help our climate. Our panel of leading scientists and practitioners will discuss agricultural practices that remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in soil and plant material. Better for our planet, better for your food. Find us next to the Information Booth.
The Panel
Joseph Button is the Vice President of Sustainability and Strategic Impact at Straus Family Creamery. Joseph is a leader in sustainable business, making decisions that bridge the business’s long-term economic and environmental sustainability and create co-benefits for community members.
Dr. Jeffrey Creque is the Director of Rangeland and Agroecosystem Management at the Carbon Cycle Institute and a co-founder of the Marin Carbon Project. He also serves as an agricultural and rangeland consultant and Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Lynette Niebrugge is the Director of Education and Training at the Carbon Cycle Institute and a founding member of the Marin Carbon Project. She supports land managers and agricultural conservationists in developing and implementing carbon farming plans.
Sarah Skinker is the Carbon Farming Program Manager at the Marin Resource Conservation District. She is an expert in urban agriculture, community food systems, climate-smart land stewardship practices.
Panel moderated by Andy Naja-Riese, CEO, AIM
The Marin Carbon Project is a collaboration of partners, including the Marin Resource Conservation District, Carbon Cycle Institute, County of Marin, Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), University of California, Berkeley, University of California Cooperative Extension, and Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM). Together, they seek to enhance carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions by advancing climate smart agriculture at scale. These practices include adaptive grazing and compost application on rangelands—approaches that increase soil carbon storage while supporting native perennial grass species.
Through this work, the Marin Carbon Project partners directly with ranchers. They develop land management plans that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon in soil organic matter.
This network of farmers, producers, scientists, and community partners is building a more resilient, equitable, and climate-conscious local and regional food system.
Be sure to visit Thursday Marin Farmers Market businesses that practicing carbon farming before of after the panel.
Full Belly Farm
Yolo County
AIM Markets: Thursday Marin Farmers Market
Gilardi's Family Farm
Sonoma County
AIM Markets: Thursday Marin Farmers Market, Point Reyes Farmers Market
Marshall Home Ranch
Marin County
AIM Markets: Thursday Marin Farmers Market
Stemple Creek Ranch
Marin County & Sonoma County
AIM Markets: Thursday Marin Farmers Market, Sunday Marin Farmers Market, Grand Lake Farmers Market
Straus Family Creamery
Marin County & Sonoma County
AIM Markets: Thursday Marin Farmers Market, Sunday Marin Farmers Market
Toluma Farms & Tomales Farmstead Creamery
Marin County
AIM Markets: Sunday Marin Farmers Market, Clement St. Farmers Market, Grand Lake Farmers Market
Windrush Farm
Marin County
Joining AIM Markets in late Summer 2026: Sunday Marin Farmers Market