Learn how farmers are sequestering carbon right on their farm!
New Farmer Series: Carbon Capture
- Thursday, March 25, 2021, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Management of soil carbon can increase the amount of carbon in soil organic matter, which reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and improves soil health. Soil carbon benefits soil health by improving water retention, reducing erosion, and increasing biological activity. Increasing the amount of carbon stored in soils has both agricultural and environmental benefits such as higher yields and lower CO2 emissions. Reducing CO2 emissions is important for mitigating the extent and impacts of climate change.
This workshop will offer a quick look into the topic of capturing carbon on the farm. The first guest speaker, Tokya Dammond, co-founder of Carbon Drawn, will talk about his company’s role in the Hudson Valley and how farmers can capture carbon on their farms.
The second guest speaker, Stephen Schafer, is a sheep farmer and climate activist. He and his wife Lizbeth own and operate Anchorage Farm in Saugerties, NY. Stephen will lay out some of the major cash flow considerations for row crop and small grain farmers who may be thinking about capturing carbon on their farm. Zoom information will be sent in your confirmation email.
Fee
$10
Register
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Location
This event is online
Last updated February 8, 2021
Featured Guest Presenters
In the early 1990’s, Tokya Dammond, an environmental sociologist, foresaw the future plight of the agricultural industry. He quit his job on Wall Street, where he worked alongside Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, to invest everything he had into organic agriculture. Organic was an extremely niche market at the time. Tokya, motivated to find solutions to food security for an exploding global population amid the dire risk of biodiversity loss and climate change, chose Poland, a then-emerging market, to begin developing organic food supply chains. Read more about Tokya here.
Stephen and his wife Lizbeth Shafer own Anchorage Farm in Saugerties NY. Their mission is regenerative agriculture in the Hudson-Catskills region with purebred Romney sheep. They got their first sheep in 1980 with the support and encouragement of Lizbeth’s father and sister, who farmed in eastern Dutchess County NY. At Wethersfield, the farm in Amenia, NY founded in the 1930s by Lizbeth’s father, they began a very small Romney flock.
Resources
This information sheet is intended to help technicians and educators work with landowners to help navigate methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from soil through soil carbon management. Potential opportunities and considerations outlined in this factsheet include: reducing tillage, adding crop residue, planting cover crops, and converting land from annual to perennial crops. These strategies help retain soil carbon and minimize on-farm greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate Smart Farming Program
Learn more about how climate change is affecting your farm by visiting Cornell University's Climate Smart Farming Program page.
