Here is a snapshot of what has been happening in soil carbon in Australia and around the world over the last week or so:
- Two Focusing Questions that Suggest our Soils Deserve more Attention and Conservation and Regenerative versus Intensive Agriculture: a two part publication from Dr Robin Batterham that firstly outlines the challenges of current unsustainable intensive agricultural practices and secondly sets out the benefits of conservation and regenerative agriculture with a call for greater scientific analysis of these agricultural practices http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/conservation-and-regenerative-versus-intensive-agriculture
- Look after the soil, save the Earth: farming in Australia’s unrelenting climate: Former governor general Michael Jeffery says soil health and regenerative farming is essential for security and carbon emissions in a story published by the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/22/look-after-the-soil-save-the-earth-farming-in-australias-unrelenting-climate
- SOS The Food System Needs a New Soil Operating System: the launch of FoodShot Global, a new non-profit investment organization https://agfundernews.com/sos-the-food-system-needs-a-new-soil-operating-system.html
- Dirt to Soil: Proving the Power of Regenerative Agriculture: an overview of Gabe Brown’s new book on his story of ‘one family’s journey into regenerative agriculture’ https://www.nrdc.org/experts/arohi-sharma/gabe-browns-book-dirt-soil-speaks-power
- The Benefits of Building Soil Carbon: an interview with Matthew Warnken on the opportunities around building soil carbon in Australia in general, with a focus on pasture cropping and the Soilkee Renovator http://www.futuredirections.org.au/publication/mr-mathew-warnken-the-benefits-of-building-soil-carbon
- Meet the newest recruits in California’s war on climate change: carbon farmers: an update on the incentives to build soil carbon in California https://calmatters.org/articles/carbon-farming-california-climate-change-tool
- We need more carbon in our soil to help Australian farmers through the drought: a short piece in The Conversation on the importance of soil carbon for drought resilience https://theconversation.com/we-need-more-carbon-in-our-soil-to-help-australian-farmers-through-the-drought-102991
If you have any news or links to share, please send to matthew.warnken@agriprove.io in the first instance, so that the information can be shared with the wider membership.