Source: nytimes.com Published: May 17, 2016 At a farm in Peru, charcoal from bamboo burned in special ovens is used to fertilize the soil. Carbon farming is seen as a way of replenishing depleted farmland and helping reduce damage to the environment. Credit/Enrique...
Source: foodtank.com Published: March 1, 2016 Stephanie Van Dyke According to the recent United Nations report, Status of the World’s Soil Resources, the world can ameliorate soil degradation if more sustainable practices are promptly implemented. The U.N. Food and...
Source: agprofessional.com Published: January 3, 2017 Jenya Shandina takes to podium to share One Acre Fund stories, goals and successes. Photo by Sarah Goellner Kathryn Cawdrey wrote this as a guest editor for AgWeb.com. Conservation agriculture is critical for...
Source: thebluecarboninitiative.org Published: February 21, 2017 The International Blue Carbon Initiative is a coordinated, global program focused on mitigating climate change through the conservation and restoration of coastal and marine ecosystems. Coastal...
Source: e360.yale.edu Published: November 3, 2016 Saly Sarr wades among recently planted mangrove trees searching for fish. Winifred Bird/Yale e360 By Winifred Bird Standing calf-deep in the warm, brackish water of Senegal’s Saloum Delta, Saly Sarr points to a mass of...
Source: sfexaminer.com Published: August 31, 2016 If California funds new composting facilities, more cities could divert waste, more farmers and ranchers would have access to compost and more rangeland could be covered. (Courtesy photo) By Robyn Purchia A few years...
Source: mocofoodcouncil.org Published: December 9, 2015 by Montgomery County Food Council Did you know that food scraps account for approximately 23% of the County’s overall waste stream? And did you know that there are new state standards that allow farmers to use...
Source: epa.gov Published: February 14, 2017 Composting is the fifth tier of EPA’s Food Recovery Hierarchy. Even when all actions have been taken to use your wasted food, certain inedible parts will still remain and can be turned into compost to feed and nourish...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: May 21, 2016 Union of Concerned Scientists Are there agricultural practices that might offer more potential than the ones commonly discussed in the “carbon farming” conversation? In a companion post, I wrote about what the science tells...
Source: nofavt.org Published: June 28, 2016 Rachel Fussell Sitting in the 100-year old Farm Barn at Shelburne Farms during a two-day course on Carbon Farming with Eric Toensmeier, I couldn’t help but ponder how simple life’s decisions must have been for the folks who...
