Maple Hollow Farm
A cow-calf and finishing operation on 360 acres. Cattle graze from May to October and finish on the farm's own hay and corn. Beef is processed a few miles away at Hometown Meats.
Half beef
about 260 lb take-home, custom cut
$2,339.95
Pick up at Hometown Meats (Tue to Sat, 9 to 5) or at the Saturday Farmers Market (Sat 8 to 12, May to Oct).
Conventional purchase
5.04 t CO₂e
This purchase
net 0
We retire 6.04 t of carbon removal credits with it: the 5.04 t footprint plus a 20% buffer. The food still has emissions; the credits compensate for them.
Where your money goes
- Goes to the farm
- $2,000.00
- Buys carbon removal credits
- $271.93
- Measurement and verification reserve
- $68.02
- You pay
- $2,339.95
Credits cost $45.00 a tonne. The reserve pays for better measurement over time, such as soil tests and a farm-specific study, so the numbers get more accurate. How we count