Frost Methane Labs

We're so excited that the fourth California Dairy Sustainability Summit is taking place in just 3 days! We look forward to learning from all our esteemed speakers. Panelists will discuss some of the most high-tech and innovative projects that are advancing dairy farm sustainability. This includes... - the only fully renewable, green hydrogen production facility (that's using CA dairy biogas), - a fully-automated, electric feed-mixing center on a CA dairy, - the application of manure effluent via subsurface drip irrigation, - and a UC collaborative project that aims to reduce methane using the genome-editing tool CRISPR on microbes in the cow's gut. #CADairy #CADairySummit #PlanetSmartDairy H2B2 Electrolysis Technologies Netafim

We’re kicking off day two at the 2024 Global Methane Forum with keynote speakers making a global call to mobilize methane action by discussing the latest on science, data, policy and finance, outcomes from COP28, opportunities, and the need for more action to reduce methane emissions. https://lnkd.in/eMeYphQ7 #MobilizingMethaneAction #Methane

Everyone is watching because there are only 6 more harvests until 2030 emissions reduction goals are accounted for, and for #dairy / meat brands, #scope3emissions represent the majority of their overall footprint. For example, Dairy Farmers of America estimates that 98% of their emissions are Scope 3 (i.e. farms where they source milk), with enteric methane accounting for 28% of that and #manure management right behind it at 26%. Long story short: Reducing on-farm #methane emissions will be critical for brands to meet their goals. According to a 2022 report by Accenture, 93% of brands need to double their past efforts to meet their 2030 goals or risk severely missing them. Another recent report showed that emissions from key protein production companies such as Walmart and McDonald's actually rose 3.28% from 2022 to 2023 (Danone and a few others were down - well done!). Facing intense public pressure, many food brands have made targets, with 2030 goals being the norm. Here are a few recognizable brands and the targets they’ve made. Credit to Jennifer Marston who is publishing this information and more on AgFunder News. Find all the data references in the comments. Dairy Farmers of America - 30% reduction of all scopes by 2030 Starbucks - 50% of all scopes by 2030 Danone - 50% of all scopes by 2030 Chipotle - 30% of all scopes by 2030 Mars - Reduce Scope 1 and 2 by 42% and Scope 3 by 25% by 2030 Cargill - 30% of all emissions per ton of product sold by 2030 Frost Methane drives conservation dollars to small and medium farms, leveraging grants to implement on-farm #methanereduction technologies in manure management. We then return revenue to farmers through carbon #insets or #offsets. #greenhousegases #livestock #dairyfarming #ghgemissions #climatetech #regenerativeagriculture #coverandflare Photo credit: GettyImages-erosera

A year ago, the Frost Methane team installed our offset-producing project on an underground coal mine that shut down over 30 years ago. Despite the shut down and appropriate sealing, methane continued to desorb from the seam and make it to the atmosphere, until this: https://lnkd.in/gh4YJbNN The tech operated flawlessly through snow storms and heat waves. The remote control features, video steam, remote ignition & sensor calibration, dashboards and meticulous instrumentation allowed us to precisely measure our GHG reduction, and detect & recover from any unusual conditions including outages of the local utility remotely. Congratulations to the team for a year of operations! Elizabeth Hillstrom, Laughlin Barker, Edwin Chiu, Phil, Curtis Kline, Angela Mitcham, Rogel Mark Pucio, Toby the Best Dog It’s also been a pleasure to work with the land owners of the site and Chris Caskey who introduced us to the site. Know anyone who could benefit? Send them our way.