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Prepare the path
We help organize the records and paperwork, explain what each step is for, and keep the process moving.
Soil carbon services for working ground
A clearer path from conservation funding to field work.
Native American Carbon Alliance helps farmers and ranchers understand the process, prepare the paperwork, coordinate with local NRCS staff, and carry approved soil carbon work into the field.
Working ground
Water
Nutrients
Biology
Stable carbon
The producer holds the USDA contract. USDA decides eligibility, practice requirements, and funding. Native American Carbon Alliance is the private company helping make the path understandable and workable.
A useful step you can take now
Start with your Farm Service Agency records.
Many conservation-program applications require current USDA customer and farm records. If you do not already have them, call your local Farm Service Agency office. The process often begins with Form AD-2047, and the office will tell you which ownership, lease, identity, or business records apply to your operation.
If your ground came through family and the title is not clear, ask about heirs' property. USDA guidance describes alternative ways an operator may document control of inherited land.
This is useful whether or not you ever work with Native American Carbon Alliance.
Why we exist
The program can be real and still feel out of reach.
A producer can be interested in improving the ground and still get stopped by federal paperwork, local timing, material specifications, hauling, and the cost of getting work started.
Native American Carbon Alliance was built to connect those pieces. We do not decide who qualifies and we cannot promise funding. We help producers understand what is required and, when a project moves forward, coordinate the work around it.
What we take on
The parts that are not farming.
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Coordinate locally
We work with the producer and the local NRCS field office so the proposed practice fits the ground and the program.
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Move the material
When a project is funded and the producer chooses Native American Carbon Alliance, we coordinate sourcing, hauling, and field logistics.
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Complete the work
We help carry the approved soil carbon amendment practice from written plan through documented implementation.
Where the name comes from
Black earth was built.
The Native American Carbon Alliance name is inspired by terra preta—fertile, human-made soils developed by Indigenous communities in the Amazon. Modern soil carbon amendments are not the same material, but they draw on a related principle: stable carbon can help create structure that holds water, nutrients, and biological activity in the soil.
Read the Black Earth storyFor farmers and ranchers
Start with your ground, not the paperwork.
Five practical questions can help you see what is already in place, what still needs attention, and what to ask before moving forward.
A private company, a public process
Clear about our role.
Native American Carbon Alliance is not USDA, NRCS, FSA, a tribal government, or an agent of any of them. We believe producers deserve help navigating the process without confusion about who makes the decisions.