Farm Credit Canada Invests In UNDO To Scale Community-Based Carbon Removal

Farm Credit Canada (FCC), one of the world’s largest agricultural lenders, has announced a strategic investment in UNDO, which is focused on carbon removal through enhanced rock weathering. The investment will accelerate the deployment of this innovative, nature-based approach among Canadian farmers, improving soil and crop health while removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This investment is designed to work directly at the intersection of farm productivity, resilience, and climate.

With FCC’s support, we expect to scale our Canadian operations threefold from 2025 to 2026, using Ontario as the springboard for a wider national program. The focus is clear: community-based carbon removal that strengthens the resilience of farming communities, rather than taking land out of production.

A Strategic Partner For Canadian Agriculture

For Canadian farmers, FCC is a trusted household name.

FCC is a federal Crown corporation that reports to the Government of Canada through the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. It is one hundred percent invested in Canadian agriculture and food, providing flexible financing and capital solutions, alongside data, knowledge, and expertise tailored to the sector. Established in 1959, FCC reinvests profits back into the industry and the rural communities it serves.

Alongside its core lending activities, FCC has launched FCC Capital, a dedicated venture capital arm that is committed to investing $2 billion Canadian by 2030 in agricultural innovation. The investment in UNDO is one of the early commitments from this new vehicle, highlighting enhanced rock weathering as part of the future toolkit for Canadian farms.

For our team, this is about more than capital. It brings in a partner that understands the realities for farmers and their businesses and is trusted across the Canadian agriculture sector. For farmers, it is a clear signal that the approach is not just a climate idea, but a solution backed by a lender that has stood beside farming operations for decades.

Scaling Enhanced Rock Weathering From Kingston

Our solution is built around enhanced rock weathering, a nature-based method that accelerates a process that has helped regulate Earth’s climate for millions of years.

As rain falls through the atmosphere, it combines with CO₂ to form carbonic acid. When this dilute acid falls on mountains, forests, and grassland, the CO₂ interacts with rocks and soil, mineralizes, and is safely stored in solid carbonate form. By grinding silicate rocks and applying them to the land with a standard lime spreader, this process can be sped up while also delivering agronomic benefits.

We are scaling this solution out of Kingston, Ontario. From this hub, our team works with farmers across Eastern Ontario to integrate crushed wollastonite into normal farming operations. The carbon removed through weathering is rigorously measured, then sold as high-quality carbon removal credits to leading brands such as Microsoft, Barclays, British Airways, and McLaren Racing.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2022 Mitigation of Climate Change report notes that, if deployed at scale, enhanced rock weathering could remove up to 4 billion tonnes of CO₂ per year, roughly 40 percent of global carbon removal needs.

FCC’s investment is about turning that scientific potential into community-level practice. It provides the capital needed to expand deployment in Ontario quickly and responsibly, keeping scientific measurement, farmer partnerships, and environmental integrity at the centre.

Wollastonite: A Mineral That Works For Canadian Farms

In Ontario, our enhanced rock weathering model centres on a single locally sourced mineral: wollastonite.

Wollastonite is a natural calcium silicate, sourced from Canadian Wollastonite near Kingston. Once applied to fields, it gradually weathers in the soil. As it breaks down, it releases calcium, silicon, magnesium, and other essential nutrients.

These nutrients are not theoretical benefits. They connect directly to the challenges farmers are managing year to year:

– Calcium helps stabilize and maintain soil pH, supporting nutrient availability and soil structure.

– Silicon is taken up by crops and incorporated into cell walls, which can improve standability, reduce lodging, and increase resilience to drought, pests, and diseases.

– Magnesium and trace elements support root growth and nutrient uptake, with knock-on effects for forage quality and overall plant health.

Field research on silicon-rich amendments, including wollastonite, has shown improvements in crop stress tolerance and water use efficiency, while our own trials in Ontario are already documenting gains in standability and forage quality where wollastonite is applied.

For farmers, practicality is just as important as agronomy. Wollastonite is delivered as crushed rock and spread with standard equipment, using familiar contractors and routines. Fields remain in productive use, and applications are timed around existing rotations and weather windows.

A Farmer Program Built Around Real Operations

Our Farmer Program in Canada is designed to make participation both straightforward and accessible.

Through the program, the supply and spreading of wollastonite are fully subsidized. Landowners are only responsible for the cost of trucking the rock from Canadian Wollastonite to their farm. Recognising the value of this science-backed approach, the City of Kingston has introduced a rebate initiative that helps offset trucking expenses, further supporting local adoption of the program.

This structure allows farmers to access the benefits of wollastonite without large up-front costs, while keeping land in full production. At the same time, the applied rock supports soil health, crop resilience, and measurable carbon removal in the background.

FCC’s involvement sits very naturally with this model. As an organisation that has long supported farm finances and succession planning, FCC recognises approaches that can enhance productivity and resilience over the long term.

Local Supply, National Opportunity

One of the strengths of the Ontario program is its access to a secure domestic supply of high-quality rock.

Canadian Wollastonite provides an estimated 18 million tonnes of fast weathering wollastonite. That scale of local resources gives UNDO confidence to plan for long-term deployment. It also keeps more of the economic value within the region, from quarry operations through to trucking and spreading.

The broader opportunity across Canada is substantial. The country has approximately 190,000 farms, covering roughly 153 million acres of agricultural land. More than 12 million of these acres are in Ontario.

Together with FCC, we see significant potential to expand enhanced rock weathering nationally, tailoring programs to different soil types, climates, and cropping systems.

Community-Based Carbon Removal, Not Land Use Change

Much of the global conversation on carbon removal focuses on large industrial plants or projects that require land use change, such as reforestation or solar farms. Enhanced rock weathering takes a different route.

By applying crushed rock to working farmland, we enable farmers to participate in carbon removal without taking land out of production. Crops continue to grow, livestock continue to graze, and existing rotations can be maintained.

The outcomes are measured along two connected dimensions:

– Soil and crop health, including pH, root development, forage quality, standability, and overall yield, monitored through field trials and farm-level data.

– Carbon removal, tracked via a science program that analyzes rock weathering, changes in porewater chemistry, and related indicators, with methods developed alongside independent experts in climate and agricultural science.

By improving soil health, enhancing yields, and contributing to measured carbon removal, this approach advances Canadian leadership in sustainable agriculture. It strengthens the resilience of farming communities and shows that environmental and economic goals can grow together to address the climate challenge.

FCC’s investment reinforces this community-based model. It channels capital into practices that support real farms and real rural economies, rather than separating climate action from day-to-day agricultural activity.

Part Of A Growing Track Record Of Climate Leadership

This investment builds on a period of strong momentum for our team and for enhanced rock weathering more broadly.

In April 2025, UNDO was named one of four global winners of the $100 million XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. This recognition highlighted the potential of UNDO’s nature-based approach to deliver large-scale, durable carbon removal in ways that work with existing landscapes.

Major buyers have already chosen to support this model:

– In October 2025, UNDO announced its third agreement with Microsoft to permanently remove 28,900 tonnes of CO₂, supported by financing from the Canadian climate fund, Inlandsis.

– In September 2025, Barclays selected UNDO for its first-ever carbon removal purchase. The contract will remove 6,538 tonnes of CO₂ while enriching soils across 10,000 acres of farmland in Ontario.

– British Airways has committed to purchasing more than 4,000 tonnes of carbon removal credits.

– McLaren Racing purchased 6,165 tonnes of carbon dioxide removal in 2023.

These collaborations have helped unlock early finance for enhanced rock weathering. FCC’s investment adds something complementary, bringing a long-term agricultural finance partner directly into the picture and aligning climate ambition with the practical realities of Canadian farming.

Voices From The Partnership

Jim Mann, our CEO and Founder, summed up what this new step means:

“This catalytic investment from FCC will enable us to scale our operations threefold next year and even faster moving forward, delivering significant benefits to farming communities across Canada. With Ontario as our springboard, Canada’s combination of rich agricultural land, strong farmer partnerships, and local wollastonite supply creates the foundation for rapid expansion and environmental resilience.”

Adam Smalley, Managing Director at FCC Capital, Farm Credit Canada’s investment arm, added:

“FCC Capital is committed to bringing innovation to Canadian producers. Our investment in UNDO ensures Canadian farmers gain access to solutions that increase yields, strengthen our food system, and result in high-quality carbon removal. By supporting UNDO’s growth in Canada, we help Canadian producers stay competitive and resilient in a rapidly changing industry.”

Together, these perspectives underline a shared belief that credible, science-based carbon removal can be embedded within normal agricultural practice, creating value for farmers, rural communities, and the wider climate.

Canadian Agriculture At The Heart Of Climate Action

Farm Credit Canada’s investment marks an important next step for Canadian agriculture, where soil health, farm resilience and climate action are pulling in the same direction. By pairing locally sourced wollastonite with trusted finance and strong farmer partnerships, we can keep building an enhanced rock weathering program that fits real operations in Ontario first, then more regions over time. For Canadian farmers, that means another practical tool in the agronomy toolkit, rooted in local supply and long term relationships, with benefits that reach from the soil underfoot to the climate their businesses will rely on in the decades ahead.

Talk to our team

Whether you are a farmer in Ontario, a buyer looking for high-quality carbon removal, or a potential operational partner, our team would love to hear from you. Get in touch to explore how enhanced rock weathering can support your soil, your business, and your climate goals.