The lowdown on topsoil: It’s disappearing By TOM PAULSON The planet is getting skinned. While many worry about the potential consequences of atmospheric warming, a few experts are trying to call attention to another global crisis quietly taking place under our feet. Call it the thin brown line. Dirt. On average, the planet is [...]
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Disappearing dirt rivals global warming as an environmental threat
Posted in Agriculture, soil, tagged Agriculture, carbon credits, carbon market, Farming, Green house gas emissions, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Storing CO2 in soil should be on U.N. agenda: Gore
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, carbon credits, carbon market, Farming, Green house gas emissions, investment, soil erosion, Sustainable on July 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Developing emissions markets to encourage farmers in poor countries to store more carbon dioxide in soil should be a key topic on the U.N. climate talks agenda, global warming activist Al Gore said. “I think that soil carbon conservation and recarbonizing of soil must be the next stage in this negotiating process,” former U.S. Vice [...]
Government of Canada Makes Major Investment to International Climate Change and to enhance sustainable agriculture
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, tagged Agriculture, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, Green house gas emissions, organic, Sustainable on June 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – June 23, 2010) - Today, the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, announced that the Government of Canada is delivering on its commitment under the Copenhagen Accord to help the poorest and most vulnerable countries with their efforts to fight climate change. As promised as part of the Copenhagen Accord, Canada will [...]
Carbon credits offer opportunities for farmers
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, no till farming, tagged Agriculture, carbon credits, carbon market, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, Green house gas emissions, investment, soil erosion, Sustainable on June 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
No-till fields store carbon in the form of soil organic matter, which can be sold by farmers, providing them with an additional source of income. As the United States looks to become more green, a program to trade carbon credits from farmland could play a role. When carbon is emitted into the atmosphere, by vehicles [...]
Consumer Views on Sustainability
Posted in Agriculture, no till farming, tagged Agriculture, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, investment, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
ST. LOUIS—New research from the United Soybean Board (USB) shows nearly 70 percent of U.S. consumers consider sustainability when choosing food products at the grocery store. What’s more, 78 percent of consumers consider the sustainability of farm-produced ingredients when buying products on the supermarket shelf. According to an independent quantitative study conducted by USB U.S. [...]
Benefits of the Vesco”Terra-Glide” Technology
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, no till farming, soil, tagged Agriculture, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, investment, No Till Farming, soil erosion, Sustainable on June 16, 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 [...]
Clean Seed Capital Group poised to facilitate progress in sustainable agriculture.
Posted in Agriculture, Investment, tagged Agriculture, carbon credits, carbon market, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, Green house gas emissions, investment, soil erosion, Sustainable on June 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By Marvelle Media: Vancouver based Clean Seed Capital is positioned to play a meaningful role in the growth of sustainable agriculture. Clean Seed Capital’s focus is to identify solution-driven, sustainable, environmentally responsible, agricultural based companies that need a strategic partner to facilitate progress. Agriculture has changed dramatically, post World War II food and fiber productivity [...]
No-till Farming Improves Soil Stability
Posted in Agriculture, soil, tagged Agriculture, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, No Till Farming, organic, soil erosion, Sustainable on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A joint Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-multi-university study across the central Great Plains on the effects of more than 19 years of various tillage practices shows that no-till makes soil much more stable than plowed soil. The study was led by Humberto Blanco-Canqui at Kansas State University at Hays, Kan., and Maysoon Mikha at the ARS [...]
AGRICULTURE AND THE GREEN ECONOMY
Posted in Agriculture, tagged Agriculture, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, No Till Farming, organic, Sustainable on June 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Agriculture is the most important sector for many countries in terms of its potential to influence a wide range of issues that are critically related to sustainable development, including: the economy, employment, food security, trade flows, poverty, human health, climate change, the use of natural resources (especially land and water), and biodiversity. However, notwithstanding increases in productivity and [...]
Zero-till farming more than doubles in NSW
Posted in Agriculture, no till farming, tagged Agriculture, Clean Seed Capital, Farming, Green house gas emissions, No Till Farming, organic, soil erosion, Sustainable on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A dramatic jump in the adoption of zero-till farming in NSW reflects increasing recognition of the economic and environmental benefits of such farming systems, according to experts from Industry & Investment NSW. Zero-tillage has more than doubled between 2001 and 2008, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The area of land under preparation [...]
