The world’s soils have the potential to store about 3000 megatonnes of carbon per year by the end of the 21st century, according to a new study. It suggests that restoring carbon to cropland and peat soils through practices such as afforestation and no-till farming could help solve global problems of food insecurity and climate [...]
Archive for the ‘soil’ Category
Greater focus needed on carbon sequestration in the world’s soil
Posted in Agriculture, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, carbon market, Clean Seed Capital, Green house gas emissions, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Conserving and Rebuilding Soils
Posted in Agriculture, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on October 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Earth Policy Institute on October 6, 2010 By Lester R. Brown The literature on soil erosion contains countless references to the “loss of protective vegetation.” Over the last half-century, clearcutting, overgrazing, and overplowing have removed so much of that protective cover that the world is quickly losing soil accumulated over long stretches of geological time [...]
The Global Battle to Conserve and Rebuild Soil
Posted in Agriculture, soil, tagged Agriculture, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on October 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The literature on soil erosion contains countless references to the “loss of protective vegetation.” Over the last half-century, clearcutting, overgrazing, and overplowing have removed so much of that protective cover that the world is quickly losing soil accumulated over long stretches of geological time (see “Civilization’s Foundation Eroding“). Preserving the biological productivity of highly erodible [...]
Fifty Years of Service to Agriculture
Posted in Agriculture, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, Clean Seed Capital, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was 1956, and Bob Klein was a young teenage farm boy growing up on the High Plains near David City, Nebraska. It was a prolonged drought, and Klein can still recall seeing dust clouds from his second story window. “When I grew up, seeing those dust storms and those crops that amounted to nothing [...]
Healthier Soils Needs To Be The Aim
Posted in Agriculture, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, Clean Seed Capital, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The health of the soil is improved by limiting disturbances, Ray Archuleta, NRCS researcher, told attendees of a training event on no-till and cover crops in Greensburg, Ind. Cover crops are important not only for providing cover and protection to the topsoil, but also for creating diversity that creates a support network to hold soil [...]
Hundreds attend no-till conference
Posted in Agriculture, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
learning about the benefits of no-till farming. Speakers at the conference, which was hosted by No Till on The Plains, included Jill Clapperton, Francis Yeatman, Paul Jasa, Kristine Nichols and Kenneth Miller, who are all involved in some aspect of farming. Presenters came as far away as South Africa. The event featured a morning of [...]
UN launches decade-long drive to combat desertification
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, soil, tagged Agriculture, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, investment, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
16 August 2010 – The United Nations today unveiled a decade-long push to raise awareness and mobilize action to fight desertification, which threatens the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people in 100 countries. Desertification is defined as the degradation of drylands, which comprise more than 40 per cent of the world’s land surface [...]
Benefits of the Vesco”Terra-Glide” Technology
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, Farming, Green house gas emissions, No Till Farming, Sustainable on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Terra-Glide Technology systems have evolved from concept to reality, now looking to deliver measurable financial and ecological benefits to the world of agriculture – a world that has been thrust into an era where true conservation of the world’s farmlands using sustainable agriculture methods is no longer an option, but a necessity. Terra-Glide is a revolutionary no-tillage [...]
Greenhouse gas calculator connects farming practices with carbon credits
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, carbon credits, carbon market, Green house gas emissions, No Till Farming, soil erosion on August 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
MADISON, WI, August 9th, 2010 – Greenhouse gas markets, where invisible gases are traded, must seem like black boxes to most people. Farmers can make money on these markets, such as the Chicago Climate Exchange, by installing methane capture technologies in animal-based systems, no-till farming, establishing grasslands, and planting trees. Farmers, students, extension educators, offset [...]
Land Degradation
Posted in Agriculture, soil, tagged Agriculture, investment, No Till Farming, soil erosion on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
by Mark Sircus Picture from the National Archives, taken during the “Dust Bowl” in the 1930’s The world’s croplands are in decline due to the pressure of human activities. The figure shows the regional and global trends in the total available area of the world’s croplands. The loss of arable land has been caused by a number [...]
