The carbon ranch project was launched in 2022 by the non-profit Impossible Foundation, which was established with a generous gift from Impossible Foods, Inc. The project is led by Patrick Brown and Michael Eisen. Saskia Versteeg, Reed McCord, Akshai Baskaran and Shakeera Bennings provided valuable help in setting up the project. Cody and Katlin Lockhart manage the site’s infrastructure. Levi Konrad, Holli Weld and Ana Sanz Matias have contributed to the research.

The ongoing research is supported by generous grants from the Craigslist Fund, the Howard Hughest Medical Institute and the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.