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 CO₂ 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, Vice President of Sustainability and Strategic Impact, Straus Family Creamery

• Dr. Jeffrey Creque, Director of Rangeland and Agroecosystem Management, Carbon Cycle Institute; Co-founder, Marin Carbon Project

• Sarah Skinker, Carbon Farming Program Manager, Marin Resource Conservation District

Panel moderated by Andy Naja-Riese, CEO, AIM

The Marin Carbon Project and the Marin Resource Conservation District, in collaboration with partners including the Carbon Cycle Institute, County of Marin, Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Nicasio Native Grass Ranch, University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California Cooperative Extension study and advance sustainable ranching practices. These 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.

Visit the businesses practicing carbon farming at AIM farmers markets:

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