Hudson Carbon's work is guided by a fundamental question: what would necessarily be true about a future in which the ecology and economics of agricultural systems are in harmony? What would this future look like in terms of farm scale, production practices, ecosystem services, rural livelihoods, human behavior, and culture?

These questions drove our founders, Ben Dobson and Abby Rockefeller, to begin their journey in 2014, transforming a conventional farm operation into a living laboratory for regenerative organic agriculture. From those early investigations into soil carbon storage, Hudson Carbon has grown into an organization bridging the critical gaps between science, policy, and practice.

What we believe

Our work is guided by four core hypotheses:

1. Regenerative organic agriculture rebuilds soil health and invests in a farm's natural capital, bearing interest rather than spending down the principle by depleting soil nutrients, microbiology, structure, and function.

2. Regenerative organic agriculture is inherently more resilient to disturbance due to its reliance on diversity and heterogeneity across the farm-scape.

3. There is a deep, synergistic, positive connection between soil health, plant health, animal health, and human health that regenerative organic agriculture can create and sustain.

4. Regenerative organic agriculture, rooted in the principles of agroecology, can serve as the foundation for strong regional food systems that de-commodify "ag" and bring the culture back into agriculture.