Cool Farm Tool (CFT) software

The Cool Farm Tool quantifies on-farm greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon sequestration.

The Cool Farm Biodiversity metric quantifies how well farm management supports biodiversity.

The Cool Farm Tool Water metrics provide crop irrigation requirements and blue and green water footprints.

The Cool Farm Tool is an online greenhouse gas calculator that is free for growers to help them measure the carbon footprint of crop and livestock products. The Cool Farm Tool (CFT) was originally developed by Unilever and researchers at the University of Aberdeen to help growers measure and understand on-farm greenhouse gas emissions. The CFT has since been tested and adopted by a range of multinational companies who are using it to work with their suppliers to measure, manage, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the effort to mitigate global climate change.

The Cool Farm Tool is designed to help growers understand and measure your carbon footprint. By using the tool, you gain insight into the impact of your various operations on the environment, and it therefore helps you to optimize the management decisions you make on-farm. The benefits can be measured both in terms of sustainability and productivity – sometimes lowering greenhouse gas emissions equates to lower energy use which means lower costs.