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Farmers could be active participants in carbon offset markets in the not so distant future.
Bruce Love is with Alberta-based Preferred Carbon.
He says there are many areas where farmers could minimize greenhouse gas emissions but he says there’s tremendous policy risk involved when investing in emissions-reducing technology.
He says he understands why farmers are skeptical as the carbon market has had a number of false starts.
He believes the momentum to adopt carbon offset systems is much greater than it’s ever been.
Love says Canada has one of the worst records in the world when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Love’s company worked together with the Starlite hutterite colony on the creation of a methane-capture cover for their hog lagoon.
In the future, the colony could receive carbon credits for the cover as it is reducing the emissions from their manure storage.
That’s just one example.
Love notes, other areas where farmers could be compensated include the use of conservation tillage and spring spreading of manure.
