Browse Ambrook’s collection of funding programs by Athian

Contact Athian through athian.ai (Get Started) to be matched with a validated protocol; participation typically runs alongside the producer's existing veterinarian, nutritionist, or cooperative relationships.

Athian runs the first voluntary carbon insetting marketplace for the livestock value chain, paying dairy and beef producers for verified greenhouse gas reductions on their operations — most prominently enteric methane cut through validated feed-management interventions. Producers select a science-backed intervention, track it with Athian, have results reviewed by an accredited third-party auditor, and the certified credits are sold on Athian's marketplace to buyers inside the livestock supply chain.


Because credits stay within the&#x2004;value chain as insets, buyers are processors and cooperatives meeting Scope 3 targets: Dairy Farmers of America made the marketplace's first purchase, from a Texas dairy that cut nearly 1,150 tonnes CO2e using an Elanco feed product and quantification tool. Athian reports paying dairy farmers $18 million for carbon reductions in 2024.


This is the first program in the library paying for livestock methane reduction rather than soil carbon — relevant to dairies and feeders whose opportunity is in the barn, not the field.



Athian runs the first voluntary carbon insetting marketplace for the livestock value chain, paying dairy and beef producers for verified greenhouse gas reductions on their operations — most prominently enteric methane cut through validated feed-management interventions. Producers select a science-backed intervention, track it with Athian, have results reviewed by an accredited third-party auditor, and the certified credits are sold on Athian's marketplace to buyers inside the livestock supply chain.

Because credits stay within the value chain as insets, buyers are processors and cooperatives meeting Scope 3 targets: Dairy Farmers of America made the marketplace's first purchase, from a Texas dairy that cut nearly 1,150 tonnes CO2e using an Elanco feed product and quantification tool. Athian reports paying dairy farmers $18 million for carbon reductions in 2024.

This is the first program in the library paying for livestock methane reduction rather than soil carbon — relevant to dairies and feeders whose opportunity is in the barn, not the field.

- Dairy and beef producers implementing a Athian-validated intervention — the first accepted protocol covers enteric methane reduction and feed-utilization improvement using Elanco feed-management products.
- Producers may be adopting new practices or monetizing sustainability efforts already underway.
- Results are verified by an accredited third-party auditor for protocol compliance and quantification before credits certify.

A contract to sell an environmental outcome the operation produces - sequestered carbon, a water-quality credit, a habitat credit - to a buyer, rather than receiving an award. Payment is typically per unit (per acre or per ton CO2e) over a multi-year term and contingent on verification, so records using this instrument carry the payment.* and contract.* fields rather than award.min/award.max. Covers both credit-generating programs, where credits are sold to outside buyers, and supply-chain insetting programs, where a company the operation already sells to pays for the practice.

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Geese

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Emus

Goats

Guinea Pigs

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Mink

Mohair

Ostrich

Pheasants

Quail

Rabbits

Reindeer

Water Buffalo

Beef Bottom Round

Beef Brisket

Beef Chuck Roast

Beef Eye Round

Beef Flank Steak

Beef Flat Iron Steak

Beef Heart

Beef Liver

Beef London Broil

Beef NY Strip Steak

Beef Oxtail

Beef Rib Steak

Beef Rump Roast

Beef Short Ribs

Beef Sirloin

Beef Sirloin Tip Roast

Beef Skirt Steak

Beef Soup Bones

Beef Stew Meat

Beef Tongue

Beef Top Round

Beef Whole Filet

Ground Beef

Broilers

Chicks

Fryers

Layers

Pullets

Roasters

Ducklings

Goslings

Poults

Toms

Ground Lamb

Lamb Chops

Lamb Heart

Lamb Leg

Lamb Liver

Lamb Shank

Lamb Shoulder

Lamb Stew Meat

Bison Calf

Bison Meat

Bucks

Nannies

Slaughter Goats

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Producers are compensated when certified credits from their verified interventions sell on Athian's marketplace; Athian does not publish per-ton rates or standard contract lengths. Reference points: the first sale (Dairy Farmers of America) covered ~1,150 tonnes CO2e from one Texas dairy, and Athian reports $18 million paid to dairy farmers in 2024. Third-party press has described payments reaching $150,000 for large dairies.

List of Athian Funding Opportunities