SOIL CARBON RESEARCH: THE LATEST FROM THE SOIL INVENTORY PROJECT
with Kris Covey & Asher Wright
Kris Covey
Co-Founder and CEO, The Soil Inventory Project; Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Skidmore College
Kris Covey is Co-Founder and CEO of The Soil Inventory Project (TSIP), a nonprofit building precompetitive public data infrastructure for soil performance accounting, and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Sciences at Skidmore College. An applied ecologist and biogeochemist trained at Yale; he has spent his measuring systems the world depends on but hasn’t counted well. He designed the global study that produced the first robust estimate of the number of trees on Earth (3.04 trillion) and led the National Geographic team behind the first holistic accounting of the Amazon rainforest’s climate impact. Kris co-founded TSIP at
Caney Fork Farm in 2020, pairing app-guided sampling with models and regional benchmarks to link on farm management to outcomes.
Kris is an Ashoka Fellow, a Trustee of The Nature Conservancy in New York, Member of TNC’s Adirondack Leadership Council, and serves as a member of the New York State Wood Products Development Council.
Asher Wright
Farm Director, Caney Fork Farms
Asher has been working in regenerative agriculture since 2005, with a heavy focus on diversified crop and livestock systems. He loves all things related to agriculture and food systems. His career experience began at the agriculture program at Warren Wilson College, which led him to work on farms around the US and Central and South America. After his travels, he received an M.S. in Animal Science from Clemson University. While at Clemson, he researched forage-finished beef, studying both animal performance and the interface between meat quality and human health.
Asher has a diverse career background working in both for-profit farm businesses and agriculture education. He is also an Accredited Professional with the Savory Institute. Asher is particularly excited about the role that Caney Fork Farms can play in the world and the opportunity to be a part of a team working to make a strong business case for regenerative agriculture through the integration of research and production agriculture.