Screening of the award-winning film, Common Ground
March 19, 2024 at the Byrd Theatre in Richmond, Virginia

Followed by a CSS-led panel discussion, Soil Carbon Capture Sequestration: Regenerative Agriculture for Our Common Ground. Watch the panel discussion here.

CSS at the Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition Conference

CSS’ Executive Director Joel Stone moderated two sessions at the AFCC’s 3rd annual 3-day conference in Washington, DC, November 12-14, 2023. The event brought together biotech industry leadership from around the world and featured presentations from top US leadership and policy agencies. For more information, contact info@climatesystemsolutions.org.

Synthetic Biology, Alternative Proteins, Regenerative Agriculture, Food & Fiber, Biofuels
The Value of Soil Carbon Capture Sequestration (SCCS) for Carbon Negative Solutions (Low Carbon Intensity CI score materials)

Joel Stone, Moderator

Panel: Karen Boyd, Carbon Services Senior Manager, Truterra; Aldyen Donnelly Co-Founder & Director, NORI LLC; Mitchell Hora, CEO, Continuum Ag; Charlotte Levy, Managing Advisor, Carbon 180; Paul Overby, Co-Owner, Lee Farms; Carrie Werkmeister, Senior Soil Scientist, Gevo

Summary: The panel on Soil Carbon Capture Sequestration (SCCS) focused on identifying and delivering key solutions to improve soil health—-methods that simultaneously sequester carbon and improve the water holding capacity of soil. Panelists presented their perspectives on approaches that offer incentives in agriculture, the subsequent impact on agricultural economics and security of the food supply chain; and shared converging insights on low carbon intensity (CI) agricultural materials and how these practices contribute to a net negative carbon economy through practices in agriculture that utilize the power of soil carbon storage. Overall, these practices offer diverse solutions towards the common goal of carbon emission reductions, while also serving to secure food supply and water resources.

Biobased Manufacturing, Renewable Chemicals, Bioplastics, Biomaterials Creating a Cleaner Planet
Low Carbon Intensity (CI Score) Biobased Products from Waste Carbon Fermentations

Joel Stone, Moderator

Panel: Larry Feinberg, CEO, KnipBio; Cesar Granda, VP of Technology and Innovation, BioVeritas; Molly Morse, CEO, Mango Materials; David Tze, CEO, NovoNutrients

Summary: Can we produce valuable consumer, industrial, every day materials, and food products that offer a low carbon intensity score by using waste carbon as a feedstock for fermentations? The answer is: Absolutely, yes. The discussion in this session focused on how companies are progressing and delivering on ideas and solutions to supply value added products and materials while sequestering carbon with its use as a carbon feedstock. Panelists shared their perspectives on fermentation solutions that have an influence in meeting a net negative carbon economy using industrial biotechnology through fermentation. These technologies are taking advantage of the power of fermentation with efficient productivity metrics that offer diverse solutions towards a common goal of carbon consumption and emission reductions to improve the environment while delivering low CI score products.

If you would like information regarding these presentations, contact info@climatesystemsolutions.org