Carbon capture

摘要

Up to a third of our carbon footprint comes from the food we eat. Our new report shows how organic farming can play a significant role in reducing the impact of our food. Gundula Azeez and Joanna Lewis explain. Soil carbon is probably the most important - and yet most neglected - climate aspect of agriculture. Soil is a major store of carbon, containing three times as much carbon as the atmosphere and five times as much as forests. Yet until now, policy makers paid little attention to the extent of agriculture's contribution to the increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Our new report - 'Soil Carbon and Organic Farming' - reveals that this needs to change.