If the world’s 3.5 billion tillable acres were transitioned to
organic agriculture, organic farms could sequester 40% of yearly
carbon emissions. Tell Congress: Organic Is the Answer to Climate
Change!
Organic Could Sequester 40% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions! I am writing to ask Congress to pass a climate change friendly farm bill in 2012. I encourage you to include language in the legislation that will speed the transition of US agricultural lands to organic. If the US converted all of our farmland to organic, it would sequester 25% of our greenhouse gas emissions! If all of the world's farmland were converted to organic, it would sequester 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions! Three key points will ensure that a climate change friendly farm bill is effective: 1. Only agricultural projects and activities that "measurably increase carbon sequestration or reduce greenhouse gas emissions" should be rewarded. Credits should be rewarded for measured changes as a result of practices intended to increase soil carbon, rather than the practices alone. 2. Early actors like organic farmers who have adopted best management practices that sequester carbon in soils should be rewarded. Awarding early actor credit for common practices like no-till, that don't reliably sequester carbon, threatens to "bust the cap" with too many credits. 3. The new Clean Technology Business Competition Grant Program, created to "provide grants to organizations to ... meet high-priority economic, environmental, and energy goals" should provide grants for improved soil carbon measurement technology. Thank you for your attention to this important issue. Organic Consumers Association - 6771 South Silver Hill Drive, Finland MN 55603 To subscribe or visit go to: http://www.organicconsumers.org/ |
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