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Researcher examining soil health on a regenerating farm

Research that makes
valuing Earth more precise.

Fresh Earth gets better at valuing land by doing it — on real farms, with real measurement, and shared learning that improves every project that follows. Research sharpens evaluation, refines design blueprints, lowers supply costs, validates operation models, and makes measurement more repeatable.

Real farms. Better baselines. Verified outcomes. Blueprints that travel.

7farms in the portfolio
6,673hectares of real land
12organisations in the ecosystem
8dimensions of land health measured
ZNE-Ag
ZNECRC
ZNE-Ag CRC
Zero Net Emissions Agriculture Cooperative Research Centre
Tier 2 Partner — Program 3

Fresh Earth is listed as a Tier 2 partner of ZNE-Ag CRC. Fresh Earth's research and delivery model aligns with whole-farm systems analysis, technology stacking, demonstration-based validation, and data-sharing approaches being developed in ZNE-Ag CRC Program 3.

ZNE-Ag CRC brings together genetics, agronomy, technology, economics and behavioural science into one coordinated research framework. Fresh Earth contributes as a field-scale practitioner — providing real land, real baselines, and on-farm adoption pathways.

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Partnership tier
Tier 2 — ZNE-Ag CRC
Programme alignment
Program 3 — ZNE-Ag CRC
Focus
Systems measurement · Technology stacking · Field validation
Scope
Farm & portfolio scale — NSW
Research, verification, delivery & infrastructure
12 organisations
SCU
Southern Cross University
Research & University

Soils science — soil sampling frameworks, measurement protocols and ecological modelling

01 Evaluate05 Audit
SFL
Soils for Life
Research & University

Regenerative design — evidence-based intervention frameworks and blueprint development

02 Design04 Operate
BHA
Bush Heritage Australia
Research & University

Biodiversity conservation — native habitat design, species monitoring and ecological stewardship

02 Design05 Audit
PA
Pangolin Associates
Verification & Ecological

Ecological audit — independent biodiversity verification and trust-layer design

01 Evaluate05 Audit
CER
Clean Energy Regulator
Verification & Ecological

ERF carbon registry — carbon credit registration, methodology and regulatory validation

05 Audit
PKF
PKF Australia
Verification & Ecological

Audit & assurance — independent financial and operational verification

05 Audit
FL
FarmLab
Delivery & Land Management

Sensor infrastructure — field monitoring networks, soil data platforms and measurement systems

01 Evaluate03 Supply04 Operate
HMI
HMI (Holistic Management)
Delivery & Land Management

Holistic grazing systems — land management design, operator training and regenerative delivery

02 Design04 Operate
S&A
Star & Associates
Delivery & Land Management

Legal structure — land acquisition frameworks, trust design and compliance infrastructure

03 Supply
HED
Hedera
Digital & Infrastructure

Distributed ledger — immutable audit trail infrastructure and token issuance pathway

05 Audit
NCC
Non Correlated Capital
Digital & Infrastructure

Fund administration — financial structure, valuation and investor reporting

03 Supply
SWR
Swarma
Digital & Infrastructure

CSF platform — ASIC-licensed crowdfunding intermediary for the Fresh Earth raise

03 Supply
Southern Cross University
Soils for Life
Bush Heritage Australia
Pangolin Associates
Clean Energy Regulator
PKF Australia
FarmLab
HMI (Holistic Management)
Star & Associates
Hedera
Non Correlated Capital
Swarma
Southern Cross University
Soils for Life
Bush Heritage Australia
Pangolin Associates
Clean Energy Regulator
PKF Australia
FarmLab
HMI (Holistic Management)
Star & Associates
Hedera
Non Correlated Capital
Swarma

A farm is not just an asset.
It is a living testbed.

Fresh Earth gives the global expert community something unusually practical: a defined area of land, a measured baseline, a project pathway, transparent delivery costs, and a mechanism for taking proven interventions from one site to many.

Every farm in the portfolio starts as a living landscape with its own constraints and opportunities. Fresh Earth makes that landscape legible — so specialists can work on something real, not a theory. Farmers are not left to figure everything out alone, and investors are not asked to trust black boxes.

Defined land area
Clear boundaries, known constraints, and specific conditions to design for
Measured baseline
Independent field assessment before any intervention begins
Transparent project costs
Design, supply and operation costs visible and attributable at every stage
Replication pathway
Proven interventions adapted and deployed across many farms in the portfolio
Researcher holding a soil sample — measuring land health from the ground up

Every intervention starts with an independent, verified baseline. Fresh Earth makes that baseline open to expert improvement — on real land, not simulated environments.

Improve any part of the
regenerative stack.

Evaluate, Design, Supply, Operate and Audit are not vague labels. They are work packages with transparent costs and repeatable learning. Select a stage to see who contributes and which partners are active.

Better baselines. Better starting points.

Improve field measurement methods, remote sensing protocols, soil sampling frameworks, biodiversity indices, and digital modelling. A stronger baseline makes every downstream decision more accurate — and every verified outcome more credible.

Who contributes
Research partners
Evaluation methods, measurement frameworks, ecological science, modelling
Spatial & monitoring teams
Remote sensing, satellite integration, digital modelling, farm intelligence systems
Active in this stage
Southern Cross University
Soils for Life
Pangolin Associates
FarmLab

Research that does not
sit on a shelf.

The strongest outcomes in regenerative land come from integrating soil science, agronomy, technology, economics and delivery into one systems-level approach — no silver bullet, strongest results from stacked interventions.

Fresh Earth is built to take research from trial on one farm, through validation and verification, into documented case studies and reusable templates that spread across the portfolio. The path from discovery to adoption is built into the operating system.

Trialled on real farms
Not simulated data or controlled lab environments — living land with real constraints
Measured and verified
Independent auditors confirm outcomes before anything enters the record
Documented and packaged
Successful interventions become reusable blueprints, not case studies that gather dust
Deployed at scale
Proven methods spread across the portfolio through the same transparent project system
01
The science is built here

Measurement standards, verification methodologies, and audit protocols developed through ZNE-Ag CRC, Southern Cross University, and accredited field partners.

02
Outcomes are verified here

Independent scientists confirm every claimed outcome through the Stage 05 Audit Gate before any value is recognised. No self-certification. No forward projections credited early.

03
Value flows to Earth Currency

The net verified value — confirmed by the science and the audit — flows to the Earth Treasury. Earth Currency is the future ownership layer built on this verified foundation.

Earth Currency is not yet issued. The science on this page is being built to make it credible when it is.

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Bring your science, tools
or field capability.

If you can help measure land better, design better interventions, deliver better inputs, operate projects more effectively or verify outcomes more credibly — Fresh Earth is building a place for that work.

Research partnerships · Blueprint authorship · Supplier registration · Delivery contracts