First Name: | sophie |
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Last Name: | Lapaire |
Email Address: | Sophie@bridgemakersconsulting.com |
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Subject | Missing vital information |
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Greetings, Agriculture is responsible for approximately 30% of global warming, mainly through carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions. I couldn't help notice that you have no mention of organic farming in your plan. You may or may not know that organic farming not only produce virtually any CO2 but also captures it in the soil for a very long time. Vegetative material decomposes and adds to the soil organic matter levels in the soil, thus storing carbon dioxide. Soil contains about twice as much carbon as the atmosphere Unlike conventional agro farming which uses large amounts of nitrogen fertilizer and pesticides (all petroleum based) that are released into the air. This MUST be considered and added to your plan as a sustainable solution in the short, medium and long run. Organic farming not only out performs chemical based farming, but protects the health of the soil, farmers, laborers, rivers, beneficial insects, consumers, animals, just to mention a few. If only 10,000 medium sized farms in the US converted to organic production, they would store so much carbon in the soil that it would be equivalent to taking 1,174,400 cars off the road, or reducing car miles driven by 14.62 billion miles. This isn't something small and MUST be included in your plan. You have good data so far, but this information is totally missing. Please see that it is added to it. Thank you Below are links to more information from respected institutions on this topic: http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2007/04/08/organic-farming-tackles-global-warming/ http://www.organicconsumers.org/organic/stabalize062404.cfm http://www.strauscom.com/rodale-whitepaper/ http://www.newfarm.org/depts/NFfield_trials/1003/carbonsequest.shtml |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-09-29 20:49:37 |
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