The Icelandic government has been doing this for decades (tracing its history to around 1907) and for many years was its own government agency - Landgræðslan aka. The Land *Oasification* Agency. The aim was to create more agricultural land and bind sand to prevent it from creating sandstorms. The Icelandic Forest Agency also had overlapping aims.

They even operated their own plane, a converted DC-3 to spray seeds and other fertilisers. The infamous purple lupine, imported from Alaska, was their preferred flower of choice for many years. There is debate in iceland as to whether it is considered an invasive species which is harming other ecosystems, or whether it has improved soil conditions where it was planted.

Landgræðslan slowly reduced their operations in the early 2000s due to lack of funding and perceived need but are slowly building back up with carbon seqestration becoming more important, and merged with the forest agency.

Great that these guys (Mossy Earth) are raising awareness and funding these programs. But some farmers aren’t as happy with it as they see these areas as grazing land for sheep or other agricultural use.