| All I can say is ‘huh?’ Growing plants pulls carbon from the atmosphere. Rotting puts that carbon back into the atmosphere. None of that has much to do with sustainable farming, which is about soil fertility, pest control, and micronutrients like fixated nitrogen - and not raw carbon. Which is why nitrogen fertilizers and pesticides have been so important in producing mass yield improvements in farming. Are there ways of doing this more naturally, using crop rotating, etc? Yes. In field Composting can help a little too, but has major disease and pest vector issues. They’re also less efficient when you factor in transportation and land use costs. And they don’t really have any impact on macro level carbon cycle stuff. I think you’re missing the forest for the trees? Or crossing wires? |