The carbon farming solution : a global toolkit of perennial crops and regenerative agriculture practices for climate change mitigation and food security / Eric Toensmeier ; foreword by Dr. Hans Herren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toensmeier, Eric, author.

Contributor:

Herren, Hans Rudolf, 1947-

ProQuest ebook central.

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alternative agriculture.

Carbon sequestration.

Climate change mitigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 480 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2016]

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In this groundbreaking book, author Eric Toensmeier offers a Big Idea: Agriculture, often blamed as a major culprit of our climate crisis, could be harnessed as part of a global solution to avert disaster, heal our planet, and provide real food security. He argues that carbon farming-when combined with a massive reduction in fossil fuel emissions and in concert with adaptation strategies to our changing environment-has the potential to return our atmosphere to 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide. What is carbon farming? It is a suite of agricultural crops and practices that sequester carbon in the soil and in aboveground biomass. It includes modifications to annual cropping systems, the use of perennial crops, new approaches to animal grazing, agroforestry, and more. The Carbon Farming Solution brings together these powerful strategies in one book, creating a toolkit for farmers, communities, and governments large and small to launch successful carbon farming projects with the most appropriate crops and practices for their climates, locales, and socioeconomic needs. Because carbon farming is a multifunctional, systems-based solution for climate change mitigation, well-developed carbon farming projects will also improve food security, strengthen local economies, promote climate justice, empower women, and restore damaged ecosystems. As the world struggles for viable solutions to the climate crisis, Toensmeier shows how long-term carbon storage in healthy soils and perennial crops offers an unprecedented opportunity to regenerate degraded lands and store carbon where it's needed most. Book jacket.

Contents:

Climate realities

Agricultural climate change mitigation and adaptation

Carbon sequestration potentials

Agroforestry and perennial crops

A multifunctional solution

Annual cropping systems

Livestock systems

Perennial cropping systems

Additional tools

Introduction to species

Introduction to perennial staple crops

Basic starch crops

Balanced carbohydrate crops

Protein crops

Protein-oil crops

Edible oil crops

Sugar crops

Industrial crops : materials, chemicals, and energy

Biomass crops

Industrial starch crops

Industrial oil crops

Hydrocarbon crops

Fiber crops

Other industrial uses

A three-point plan to scale up carbon farming

Support farmers and farming organizations to make the transition

Effectively finance carbon farming

Remove national and international policy barriers

Strategic next steps

Appendix A. Global species matrix

Appendix B. Clean dry weight yield calculations

Appendix C. Carbon sequestration rates

Appendix D. Changes in Latin names.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-446) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Literature Award Nominee, 2017

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.

ISBN:

9781603585729

1603585729

Publisher Number:

99988292757

40025856889

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.