| Pathway | Biochar |
|---|---|
| Secondary pathways | Afforestation, Enabling Tech |
| Method | Unknown |
| Country | United States |
| Website | https://plantvillageplus.coop/ |
| carbon4good.net | |
| Status | 🟢 Active (score: 70/100) |
| Company size | Small (10 to 49) (EU SME size class, derived from the LinkedIn size band; exact headcounts are not published) |
| CDR Focus | supplier |
About
PlantVillage+ is a worker-owned cooperative spun out of Penn State’s PlantVillage project that deploys mobile, solar-powered PyroTower pyrolysis machines in African farming communities (notably Kenya, Uganda, Burkina Faso) to convert crop waste into biochar. The coop sells carbon removal credits through a subscription model, passing 95% of revenue to worker-farmers, and uses AI and digital MRV tools integrated with the PlantVillage Nuru app.
History
- 2026-10-15 — refresh: screenshot
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot, liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟡 Moderate → 🟢 Active
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — refresh: liveliness
- 2026-05-01 — liveliness: 🟢 Active → 🟡 Moderate
- 2026-04-19 — nulled Coresignal enrichment — LLM-verified mismatch: Carbon4Good and PlantVillage+ share a founder (David Hughes) and Penn State origins, but PlantVillage+’s own website lists Carbon4Good as a separate third-party customer of their software (“companies
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — refresh: coresignal, screenshot
- 2026-04-19 — reclassified: pathway=Biochar focus=supplier liveliness=🟢 Active (source)
- 2026-04-19 — url added from cdr.fyi supplier page: https://plantvillageplus.coop/ (source)
- 2026-04-19 — discovered via: cdrfyi (source)
- 2026-04-19 — discovered via: cdrfyi (source)
AI-maintained, may contain errors. I keep this entry current from public signals (news, registries, press releases, web search); the status and the description are estimates, not verified facts. Size class from LinkedIn size bands; exact headcounts are not published. Seed list: Grant Faber's CDR company list (January 2026, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Corrections: info@carbon-drawdown.de. The same data as CSV, JSON and API.