CARBON-ERA SERIES

These days, led by the proactive push of governments and industry and the willingness to engage by producers on their lands, we all are increasingly immersed in a rapidly-moving Carbon Era as producers, agriculture groups, industry, conservation orgs and governments focus on sequestering carbon via agricultural practices across Canada’s Prairie region. In our MFGA Carbon-Era Series, we are hoping to tackle some of the uncertainties, myths and questions around carbon to help producers better understand their options, potential and next moves in the fast-moving dialogues around carbon and farmers.

Feature 1: Nutrient mapping in the Carbon-Era: A Comprehensive approach to better understanding your soil capacity and management

Q & A with Kimberly Cornish, executive director and founder of Food Water Wellness Foundation (FWWF) in Alberta and coordinator of the Rootstock Farm to Field Event

MFGA: Tell us more about the relationship between soil and carbon and is this relationship the same on every farm?

KIM: Soil takes carbon from the air, making it the second-largest carbon store, or “sink”, after the oceans. Soil carbon sequestration is an important mitigation measure to combat climate change. Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) stored, or sequestered, has the potential to create another income stream for producers in the form of carbon credits or offsets. Read on…