The article “Is Carbon Farming a Climate Boon, or Boondoggle?” by Gabriel Popkin, investigates the growing controversy around carbon farming and the impact it has on curtailing carbon dioxide emissions. The story represents the intersection of agricultural food production, climate change, and economics. Carbon farming is the use of soil to sequester CO2, which itself is created during the farming process, thus preventing this greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere. Carbon farming helps combat climate change and provides an ancillary financial benefit to farmers across the U.S. by allowing them to store their reduced emissions as credits – physical amounts of CO2 retained in their soil. These soil carbon credits are then available for purchase, via a broker in the market-place, to help “offset” other types of economic activity which directly or indirectly creates CO2 emissions.
Source: Carbon Farmers of Australia https://carbonfarmersofaustralia.com.au/the-art-of-carbon-farming-for-regenerative-agriculture/
What is not addressed in depth are the sociopolitical implications. Carbon farming, as an approach to climate change, is gaining broad support – from governments to corporations to celebrities. And often the excitement of a revolutionary idea (and the potential for profit) can get ahead of the actual science. Because of this momentum, there is the potential for these groups to continue to back a science that may not be entirely sound. If for no other reason than this may be for maintaining one’s constituency, public posture, or reputation.
When we read about this type of approach to mitigating environmental damage and we encounter similar schemes that also claim to help stop climate change, this is a tacit acknowledgement that there is not always a genuine willingness or ability to prevent the creation of CO2 in the first place. In fact, in this instance, CO2 creation is occurring twice – once at the farming level and the other during the process for which the offsets are purchased.
Original Article: https://thefern.org/2020/03/is-carbon-farming-a-climate-boon-or-boondoggle/
Additional Interesting Article: https://www.vox.com/2020/2/27/20994118/carbon-offset-climate-change-net-zero-neutral-emissions
Louis Brandt a La Chaux-de-Fonds nel 1903, la società era originariamente conosciuta come Louis Brandt et Frère – Omega Watch & Co. Nel 1982, la società ha ufficialmente cambiato il suo nome in Omega SA, che è attualmente una filiale del gruppo svizzero Swatch. Omega ha aperto al pubblico il suo museo a Biel / Bienne nel gennaio 1984.https://www.orologilusso.eu/
Low incomes families are more vulnerable During the COVID 19 Pandemic
Although most of the low-income families and individuals are receiving SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) but still they are living in tough situations, where the COVID 19 Pandemic makes their life much harder than before. However, fortunately, the “Trump administration” recently allowed some states, that the SNAP receivers can order their groceries online, which is a move to decrease their exposure to the virus where the house democrats asked for the same conveniences of online SNAP shopping nationwide, but it is not approved yet. Due to the stay home order, millions of low-income families rely on SNAP and this number will increase if the coronavirus spread more. With the social distance orders in all levels of government, online food purchasing increased and it is supported by the government official. Purchasing of foods online helping to slow the spreading of coronavirus, Sonny Perdue agriculture secretary stated. As I mentioned, in the beginning, the SNAP receivers are low-income families, like the elderly and I will not be wrong to say that the independent or head of the household students that I’m one them. In most states, SNAP recipients are allowed to do online shopping, but the main challenge of online shoppers is the transportation cost, which is not covered by the SNAP. Based on the insider, “Online grocery shopping becomes available to a quarter of SNAP recipients,” the shopper can “pay at pickup” to reduce their time in the supermarket. But still, low-income families are very safe like high-income counterparts, the people who work at the supermarket preparing groceries, the driver who delivers to people’s door, are mostly low-income and vulnerable. The life example is, just two days ago I found that two of my friends were infected with coronavirus, where one was working in the restaurant preparing food and another was a Doordash driver who delivered food to the people’s doors. Likewise, there are many poor people in the entire country dealing with the same situation which is a huge issue nationwide and worldwide today.
Abbott, C. (n.d.). Online grocery shopping becoming available to a quarter of SNAP recipients. Retrieved from https://thefern.org/ag_insider/online-grocery-shopping-becoming-available-to-a-quarter-of-snap-recipients. 08/04/2020.