Curtis Prairie, Madison WI
Take the first soil-carbon baseline sample.
A technician in gloves drives a soil corer into the ground at Curtis Prairie, marks the depth increments on the core, and bags and labels each depth sample for the lab. Read all of it
Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $380 proposed.
Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
- ProofPhoto of each sample core location + Core depth and bulk-density notes + Composite sample label per stratum + date
- Open until2027-07-07
- Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof
Take the first soil-carbon baseline sample at Curtis Prairie, Madison WI. No one knows how much carbon the soil at Curtis Prairie, Madison WI holds, so we cannot show it is improving. Take careful baseline samples so future work can be measured against them.
Fund it for $380. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.
Safety, read before you claim
Anyone who can take depth cores with a soil corer can do this; no licence or supervision is asked for. Wear gloves, use the corer carefully, and never go beyond sampling and documentation or make an on-site carbon claim.
The full safety list for this job:
- Wash hands after.
How this work is done
How this work is done
A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.
Bring
- soil core sampler / auger
- bulk-density ring (known volume)
- depth tape / markers
- sample bags + labels
- GPS phone
- camera
- chain-of-custody + data sheet
Steps
- 1. Confirm the field + management zone; record GPS; lay out stratified sampling points by soil type / slope position.
- 2. At each point, take cores at defined depth increments (e.g., 0-10 and 10-30 cm); record each depth.
- 3. Collect a known-volume bulk-density sample at each depth (needed to compute carbon per area).
- 4. Composite same-depth cores per zone; bag, label, and complete chain-of-custody to the lab for SOC% by dry combustion.
- 5. Photograph the site, a soil profile, and each sampling point; note land use and management history.
- 6. Record the GPS grid, depths, bulk-density samples, COC number, and photos into the proof record; sign.
What counts as done
- Photo of each sample core location
- Core depth and bulk-density notes
- Composite sample label per stratum
- GPS point and date per core
- Baseline summary and re-sample date
Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.
What is promised, and what is not
Three separate acts, never one: a vote is a free signed preference that moves no money; a pledge is free signed backing intent, balance-checked, that moves no money and never marks the packet funded; funding is a real payment that backs the wage. Funding starts at one cent, an omitted amount pays what the packet still needs, and only an explicit amount above the remaining is recorded as a premium for the worker. Money settles only on accepted proof. An agent can fund it in one x402 call: POST /nurture/fund {"workId":"WORK_1783445855868_t9aagdm","funderWallet":"0xYOU"}.
Claiming is free. You sign to prove the wallet is yours: no card, no deposit, no fee. Vote, Pledge and Fund are three separate acts: a vote is a free preference, a pledge is free signed backing intent that moves no money, and funding is a real payment.
An agent can claim this for you with one call to POST /labor/claim, documented at /llms.txt.
Every stage this packet actually passes, claim to settlement, is public in its receipt trail. A stage that has not happened is not claimed.
Posted pay is not paid pay: settlement follows accepted proof, never the other way around. Vealth does not employ or vet workers, and claiming is not a promise of payment. See how proof and receipts work.
Other acts: vote, pledge, fund
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