A Tidbit about Carbon Farming

Surprisingly, the concept of carbon farming holds true here in a literal sense. To say it most simply, carbon farming is a method of storing carbon dioxide through soil and crops. This is a process mostly benefited by farmers; because not only does it put them at the forefront of a growing environmental movement, but it also utilizes the sequestered carbon as a booster shot for the agriculture industry, thus strengthening farmers’ business and revenue.

Now, I’m not going to proclaim that this is a major breakthrough or a game-changer. People may have been holding onto this approach before it became as lucrative as it is today. Some may have heard it from various sources as a more advantageous alternative to strengthen their farming. Others may have even discovered it by accident. For a moment, allow me to focus on one man from the latter category; about how his initial goal of fixing his land turned into a massive carbon sequestration initiative.

Enter John Wick (not the guy from the 2014 movie), the co-founder of Nicasio Native Grass Ranch and Marin Carbon Project.

I will not dive too deeply into the details of his story, so I’ll provide a brief summary: Mr. Wick, after going through a wide array of efforts to improve his ranch during the late ’90s, found an unconventional solution by placing compost on top of the ground — a shift from the traditional spraying of manure over the ground. Not only placing compost yielded healthier grass and sequestered more carbon and water into its soil, but it also became…