AGCERT/ITOCHU MARKET GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS.

North American-based AgCert and ITOCHU Corporation of Japan have signed an agreement for ITOCHU to market AgCert's greenhouse gas emission reductions, which are designed to help organizations and countries reduce global warming.

Under the agreement, ITOCHU, one of the world's largest trading companies, initially markets up to five million tons of AgCert's carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emission reductions in Japan. ITOCHU markets emission reductions derived from projects in Canada, Brazil and Mexico that are consistent with the Kyoto Protocol.

"The agreement with ITOCHU demonstrates the global need for the kind of emission reductions that AgCert provides," said Al Tank, president and CEO of AgCert, which has operations in Florida and Canada. "AgCert's goal is to meet the growing need for high-quality emission reductions that are consistent with the requirements of the Kyoto Accord and other domestic systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

Emission reductions (ERs) result from lowering the volume of harmful greenhouse gasses, and in the past have been a part of the drive to significantly reduce levels of pollution that result in acid rain. An estimated 250 million tons of emission reductions have been traded in the past 15 years, and industry analysts expect it to become a $10-30 billion (US) annual market by 2010. Emission reductions are created when an organization lowers its own greenhouse gas emissions below a baseline, which is set by environmental laws, such as the Kyoto Protocol, or individual government regulations. Once the emission reductions are verified by a third party, they can be traded to organizations that are unable to cost-effectively lower their emissions sufficiently to meet their own targets.

AgCert has developed a unique process capable of aggregating tens of millions of tons of CO2e reductions annually worldwide. The reductions may qualify as verified emission reductions (VERs), certified emission reductions (CERs), or emission reduction units (ERUs). The company has aggregated or has plans to aggregate emission reductions in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia.

AgCert's proprietary measurement and monitoring techniques quantify on-farm changes to animal waste management (AWMS) systems, which reduce the output of greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous oxide. The company's methodologies are consistent with the science advanced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and impose rigorous standards for documentation and transparency. AgCert has submitted its proposed methodology to the United Nation's Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board.

An improved AWMS often involves a practice or technology change that avoids or captures methane and nitrous oxide and other gases known as biogas. Similar to methods used to capture methane in landfills, AWMS biogas may be burned to generate electric power or be simply burned off.

The sale of AgCert CERs, VERs, and ERUs, encourages farm systems to improve their AWMS, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The company has working relationships with more than 750 farms and farm systems in four countries around the world.

AgCert

AgCert, with operations in Melbourne, Florida and Alberta, Canada, is a mass producer of third-party greenhouse gas emission reductions (ER), and is capable of generating millions of tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) reductions annually. AgCert's unique ER production process is based on government backed, scientific, research and development. Through a consistent application of the science across nearly all geographies, the company is in the business of producing VERs, ERUs, and CERs. AgCert's emission reductions are designed to comply with the Kyoto Accords, the Marrakech Accord's Joint Implementation and Clean Development Mechanism projects, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Canada's pending Domestic Trading System.

For more information, visit http://www.agcert.com or call 321/409-7820.

ITOCHU Corporation

ITOCHU Corporation of Tokyo, Japan is a globally integrated corporation with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. The company has over 4300 employees and is listed as the eighteenth largest corporation in the world, according to Fortune Magazine. Social responsibility plays a central role in all ITOCHU operations. This is exemplified by the company's acquisition of ISO 14001 certification, an international standard for environmental management systems. Within ITOCHU Corp., the Environmental Business Promotion center at the Corporate Development Office will be responsible for promoting the business with AgCert Canada Co.

For more information, visit http://www.itochu.co.jp.