Growing Returns: Compost protocol
How agriculture’s resilience to climate change benefits us all
Traditionally, governments haven’t factored farms and ranches into their climate mitigation and adaptation planning. Instead, the focus has mostly been on protecting urban communities. But that is all changing. At the National Adaptation Forum earlier this month in St. Louis, agriculture was top-of-mind in discussions about reducing emissions and building resilience to climate change. That’s […]
The post How agriculture’s resilience to climate change benefits us all first appeared on Growing Returns.Setting the table for more sustainable food in 2015
2014 was a milestone year for sustainable agriculture across the United States and around the world. In the U.S., we saw food companies and agribusiness like United Suppliers step up to the plate to meet Walmart’s new demand for sustainable grains, and EDF’s launch of the new Sustainable Sourcing Initiative. We also saw the launch […]
The post Setting the table for more sustainable food in 2015 first appeared on Growing Returns.Spreading compost on the range can earn ranchers new revenue
Rangeland ecosystems cover approximately one third of the land area in the United States and half the land area of California. What if that vast domain could be utilized to combat climate change, and ranchers could get paid for land management practices that keep more carbon in the soil and enhance production? That’s the direction […]
The post Spreading compost on the range can earn ranchers new revenue first appeared on Growing Returns.Spreading good news about the compost protocol
There’s a growing excitement around spreading compost on rangelands to help fight climate change. Over the past four years we have learned that grazed rangelands are really good at pulling carbon out of the air and sequestering it in the soil below. And if you add compost just one time, you can capture carbon dioxide […]
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