Putting MRV* in the hands of every farmer.
*monitoring, reporting and verification software designed to
scale regenerative by keeping it small
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It’s no secret global food systems are collapsing.
We need more smallholder farms to rebuild
resilient, regional foodsheds now more than ever.
“40% of the solution to climate change
lies in organic, ecological farming in the hands of small farmers”
— Vandana Shiva
PROBLEM
MRV* technology needed to track regenerative outcomes is expensive, tedious, and complex — which excludes most smallholder farms.
In 2020 alone, the $5B in agtech investments largely excluded smallholder family farms who are arguably the most passionate about the health of the land, the food they cultivate and the families it feeds — a principle at the heart of regen ag globally.
*MRV: Monitoring, reporting and verification
SOLUTION
Put affordable, intuitive and practical MRV tech farmers are obsessed with into the hands of every farmer.
We empower land stewards to cultivate a wealth of field-level, farmer-owned data through user photos and field IoT, aggregate their data with remote sensing and geospatial intelligence to pay farmers for their insights, not assets that restrict holistic management decisions.
Simply put, we help skeptics ditch the pen and paper to improve their bottom line.
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On a mission to earn the title of…
“#1 most intuitive, trusted, and recommended (MRV) monitoring app by human-scale, regenerative farms everywhere.”
and so far, farmers LOVE us…
“[Taurio] IS AWESOME!!! This is literally a dream come true as a grazier. 😍 The spot check, the photo log, the grazing summaries. WOW WOW WOW.“
Eli Mack
Mack Farms & Regensylvania, Savory Institute AP & Hub Leader
We are taurio, a For Progress (soon-to-be) public benefit company*.
Regeneration is the key to healing people and the planet.
Current regenerative frameworks rely on long term ecological outcome verification or scientific lab analysis of soils and beyond which are both expensive, tedious and require experts. While these programs are essential, they often have a high barrier to entry and catch lagging indicators of degeneration too late.
THE CHALLENGE
HOW COULD OUR UNIQUE GENIUS MAKE MONITORING, REPORTING, AND VERIFICATION (MRV) TOOLS EASIER, CHEAPER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL?
What if we could offer simple, accessible and engaging tools for measurable short-term verification that utilize similar data structures to supplement these frameworks while closing the ease and access gap so that all graziers can ensure they are regenerating year after year, with higher confidence and less effort spent managing the details?
While every agtech startup can get access to drone or satellite imagery and data (as can we, and eventually we intend to), what they can’t get access to is the wealth of information and data stored in hearts, minds, notebooks and photos of the best sensor with boots on the ground — the land steward.
But what if we could, by simply asking the right questions at the right time so that it feels intuitive to those making observations?
And what if we designed a tool so simply powerful it’s a total no-brainer?
AND WHAT IF WE PAY FARMERS INSTEAD OF CHARGING THEM?
Together with cutting edge GIS and remote sensing technologies, we set out to fill the gaps between monitoring events as seamlessly as we build a bridge between pen and paper and ai-driven cloud data.
After rapid iteration of 6+ prototypes, hundreds of data points validated in customer discovery to achieve founder:problem fit, problem:solution fit, private beta field testing and more; our early adopters love us and we’re just getting started.
This is our journey so far…
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