Regenerative Potatoes: Mission Possible.

Soil Capital can help you position potatoes as a flagship sustainability crop by building a regenerative program, engaging and supporting your growers, and providing credible performance reporting that benefits both farmer resillience and your climate, biodiverstiy & water goals.

The challenges of regenerative potatoes farming.

Regen Ag & potatoes often look hard to reconcile. On top of being a cash crop, potato farming is a well-oiled machine — and every practice change can feel like a threat. Here is why.

HEAVY TILLAGE

Unlike cereals, potatoes depend on deep soil work, making reduced tillage a tough change.

POST-HARVEST COMPLEXITY

UOperations like straw export or mechanical residue breakdown add complexity for farmers.

COVER CROPS MANAGEMENT

Residues before potato planting are seen as a barrier, limiting cover crop use.

INPUT INTENSITY

Potatoes’ sensitivity makes reducing synthetic inputs risky for yield and quality.

Maintain yields, cut emissions.

In this 30 min demo:

  • Real data from real potato farms in our programs

  • A deep dive in the practice changes at farm level that have the most impact on the GHG balance

  • A pathway for potato-based Ag Foods to decrease their scope 3 emissions while maintaining and securing yields.

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Joining forces to grow your Regen Ag program for potato farmers.

If potatoes are a strategic crop, here’s how Soil Capital can support you:

  • Regen Ag program creation: develop a tailored regenerative program for your potato farmers and suppliers.
  • Farmer engagement: recruit, engage & support potato growers in your supply shed in adopting regenerative practices,  step-by-step.
  • Reporting & Certifications: Measure and verify farm performance across climate, water, biodiversity, soil fertility, and farm economics — helping you meet and demonstrate your sustainability goals.
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Meet Romain Crete, Potato Grower (and innovator).

A former pharmacist turned farmer, this grower took over the family farm in Somme, France. On 531ha, an average of 30ha are dedicated to potatoes every rotation.

Committed to turning the farm into a regenerative system, we deep dive the in the key practices he implemented over the past 3 years, step by step.

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  • Joined Soil Capital in 2023
  • Has already reduced / removed 1.75t of CO2eq per hectar
  • Generated more than 11K€ of additional revenue in ecosystem services to date.

Get in touch with our experts

     Max Morelle
Head of Agronomy

Jell van Wesemael
Lead Data Analyst

Colja van haaren
Account Executive