Get in touch · Chapter four
Let's plant something.
Three doors in — pick the one that fits. Or just send us a note and we'll route you ourselves.
Three doors in — pick the one that fits. Or just send us a note and we'll route you ourselves.
We're two co-founders. The inbox you write to changes what we open first.
For food brands, exporters, retailers and procurement teams looking for traceable, low-emission rice.
For Farmer Producer Organizations, NGOs and government agronomy programs in Bihar, Punjab and UP.
For impact funds, climate funds and angels interested in the seed round. We have a tight deck, an honest financial model and recent pilot data.
The procurement-side ask has been clear for years: traceable, low-emission rice with reliable volume. What's been missing is a smallholder-centric supplier that can actually deliver it.
A founder reads every note that comes in, usually within two business days.
Yes. Alternate Wetting & Drying is a water-management technique, not a different variety. Farmers grow the same rice — Katarbhog, Basmati, Sona Masoori — they just irrigate it on a cycle instead of standing it in water all season. Yields hold steady (often improve slightly because of deeper root structure).
A three-layer system. Weekly farmer logging through the mobile app captures water depth, planting dates and inputs. Satellite imagery corroborates flood/drain cycles at the paddy level. Field officers spot-audit a randomized 20% of plots per season. All three feed a single emissions calculation reviewed by an independent agronomist before any buyer-facing claim.
It depends on the variety and the buyer, but the premium has averaged 20–30% over conventional market price in our pilot conversations. Of that premium, 75% goes to the farmer, 25% to Clean Crop. We're transparent about the split — it's printed on every contract.
Three reasons. Bihar grows Katarbhog, an aromatic varietal with an established export premium. The state government is actively supporting digital agriculture and low-methane rice methodology under India's CCTS. And we have an FPO partner ready for an 800-acre pilot in Saharsa district.
Not as the primary revenue stream. Voluntary carbon markets are shifting under Article 6 and we don't want farmer income tied to a volatile asset. We focus on price premium as the income stream and treat carbon credits as upside — generated where feasible, never as the basis of the unit economics.
Not at scale — yet. Our 2026 Bihar pilot will produce ~1,000 tons of verified Katarbhog. If you're a premium buyer, exporter or food brand with a Scope 3 mandate, talk to procurement about being part of the 2026 cohort or pre-ordering 2027 volume.
Buyer, partner, investor, journalist, curious — pick whichever door fits and send us a note. The worst case is we point you somewhere more useful.