The solution to climate change is just below our feet

[Bayard]

Agriculture has played a major role in the climate crisis—about a quarter of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions come from land use and agriculture combined—but farmers are uniquely situated to be part of the solution. While the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached its highest level in human history, plants can draw down the carbon and restore the soil’s organic carbon content—in the right conditions. If enough farmers adopted regenerative farming practices, they could begin to reverse the effects of climate change.

That’s the vision guiding The Terraton Initiative, a global movement with an ambitious goal: to capture one trillion tons (a teraton) of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and restore carbon to the soil through regenerative farming practices. The effort is the brainchild of agriculture-tech startup Indigo Ag.

“There are many solutions we should be pursuing to reduce and reverse the effect of climate change,” says Indigo CEO David Perry. “But sequestering atmospheric carbon in agricultural soils represents the only solution I know of that is scalable, affordable, and immediate.”

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Regenerative farming practices have real potential to change the course of climate change, but it’s not only up to farmers. Businesses and consumers can help by purchasing carbon credits, buying sustainably grown food, pushing for policy changes, and spreading the message.

“Success in The Terraton Initiative will require collaboration from within the agricultural industry and from outside of the industry, but it’s completely within our hands,” says Perry. “We’re not waiting for a new technical breakthrough. We don’t need advances that aren’t here today. We just have to decide collectively that we’re going to make it happen.”

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/partner-content-solution-to-climate-change-below-our-feet/?

[dchill]

1. K&R.

[Kali]

2. we use way more than average electricity

but do from 23 to 90% better than average on the other categories.

the formula they use came up with a suggested donation of $600, but they didn't take into consideration the person testing IS a farmer or rancher practicing regenerative ag so what do you do then? LOL

[orwell]

3. Who knew...

... that low impact regenerative farming would be more climate friendly than chemical industrial farming?

What a shock...

K&R...

[mopinko]

4. well worth the read. thank you. also, if you want to support this-

when the amazon fires were in the news, i was trolling around for a good ngo that was supporting regenerative ag. there is no reason to clear one more tree there.
stop slash and burn and invest in the soil, and tree crops, and save the world.
it is just that simple, really. dirt is easy.
and so much of what farmers need to know now isnt new stuff, it's rediscovering the old stuff. i was just ranting on my farm page about how equipment traps farmers, and how the machines that are needed for small ag have mostly been invented. someone just needs to go back through the old patents, and update w tech.
it really is the most workable approach to unscrewing the pooch.

so, here is the org behind this project- you can donate, or you can buy carbon credits.
https://www.indigoag.com/terraton

disclaimer- i know nothing about this particular org. but natgeo is a good enough reference for me. ymmv.

[tikka]

5. I'm sure the corporate farms will enthusiastically adopt regenerative farming - not

[patphil]

6. My first thought also.

[flibbitygiblets]

7. They would if the subsidies were oriented toward this instead of corn, soy, etc.

Which means, we need to regain the senate and the WH.

[Duppers]

8. Yup, it doesn't make for a quick $.

All they're interested in. Doubt you'd find one Democrat among any of their board members either.