Global Carbon Market Milestone

Groundwork BioAg Issues First Verified Carbon Credits Under Rootella Carbon® Program

SCS Global Verifies First U.S. Issuance Under Verra’s Rigorous VM0042 ‘Measure and Remeasure’ Standard

In a historic commercial transition for the voluntary carbon market, Groundwork BioAg Issues First Verified Carbon Credits Under Rootella Carbon® Program. Announced on June 24, 2026, the milestone features the issuance of 19,568 net Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) independently audited by SCS Global Services under Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard. This represents the first project in the United States to secure credits under Verra’s VM0042 Improved Agricultural Land Management methodology, as well as the world’s first commercial “measure and remeasure” agricultural registry tracking. Fueled by Rootella® mycorrhizal inoculants, the biological hardware accelerates the formation of highly stable Mineral-Associated Organic Matter (MAOM) across 700,000 enrolled acres, delivering high-durability carbon dioxide removal (CDR) while channeling up to 70% of net proceeds back to farmers.

MAZOR, ISRAEL — June 24, 2026 — Groundwork BioAg, the bioagriculture and climatech company behind Rootella®, the world’s leading mycorrhizal inoculant, today announced the issuance of its first verified carbon credits under Rootella Carbon, its Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) program. The issuance of 19,568 Verified Carbon Units (net) has been independently verified by SCS Global under Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard and already has multiple purchase agreements signed.

The milestone marks the company’s formal transition from pipeline development to active delivery in the voluntary carbon market, establishing Groundwork BioAg as the first to bring mycorrhizal fungi-driven soil CDR (Mycorrhizal Carbon™) to commercial scale under a rigorous third-party registry framework in the US. Rootella Carbon is a groundbreaking project that delivers 100% CDR (no avoidance credits) and stands as the most cost-effective, high-durability, and high-integrity CDR program on the market today.

“This first-of-its-kind issuance represents the holy grail of CDR: scalable, durable, verifiable. We fully intend to disrupt the global CDR market, which delivered a total of 2 MtCO2e last year. In contrast, Rootella Carbon is set to deliver half that amount in the next two years alone,” said Alon Werber, CEO of Groundwork BioAg.

Grower enrollment scaled from approximately 9,000 acres (3.6 kha) in 2023 to over 700,000 acres (280 kha) of cropland across the US Midwest and Canadian Prairies today. The immediate addressable market encompasses 450 million acres of reduced-tillage farmland across the Americas. The program champions a grower-centric model, ensuring that growers are directly remunerated for being the stewards of the land, with the pool of enrolled farmers receiving up to 70% of the net proceeds from carbon credit sales.

“VM0042 was designed to bring rigorous, science-based accounting to agricultural land management: a sector with enormous carbon removal potential across US farmland that’s barely been tapped,” stated Verra CEO Mandy Rambharos. “This first issuance in the country across a program now spanning more than 700,000 acres, shows the methodology working as intended on the ground.”

The Science of Mycorrhizal Carbon™

Mycorrhizal Carbon sequesters 1.5–3.5 tCO₂e/ac (4-9 tCO₂e/ha) annually, which is approximately 5x greater than published benchmarks for standard regenerative agricultural practices like cover cropping and no-till alone. Rather than relying on easily reversed biomass accumulation or surface-level management modifications, the mycorrhizae fungi establish an extensive mycelial network that extends root zones by up to 100x. This symbiosis drives photosynthesized carbon deep into the sub-surface soil layers, where it chemically binds with clay minerals to catalyze the formation of Mineral-Associated Organic Matter (MAOM). MAOM serves as a highly persistent carbon pool that remains locked and stable for centuries to millennia, regardless of shifting cultivation or tillage methods.

“Rootella Carbon was launched under the premise that mycorrhizal fungi serve as nature’s primary pathway for permanent soil carbon sequestration. Verra registration and issuance unlock millions of acres leading to a global climate impact,” added Dr. Yossi Kofman, co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Groundwork BioAg.

About Groundwork BioAg

Groundwork BioAg is the producer of Rootella®, the world’s leading mycorrhizal inoculant for mainstream agriculture, applied across 5.5 million acres globally in 2025 across 23 commercial markets including the US, Brazil, India, China, and Canada. Backed by premier climate and strategic investors including MoreVC, Middleland, Ibex, HSBC, Climate Innovation Capital, and BASF, the company delivers high-integrity, nature-based carbon dioxide removal at a true multi-national row-crop scale.

Groundwork BioAg, Ltd. — Carbon Commercialization & Registry Division

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