I thought no-till was a thing because soil erosion was becoming a crisis, the co2 storage just seemed like a bonus.
The research focused on commercial corn and soy farms, the insane amount of pesticides used probably say more about commercial farms than about no-till in general.
Then they reference some meta analysis that has mixed results about co2 storage.
Idk man, imma put this one in the keep an eye on it until a subject matter expert chimes in pile.
Edit: so Dr. Eldridge that wrote the article has a PhD in soil science, so I assume he knows wtf he is talking about. I still think the takeaway here is commercial farms are run by greedy bastards and maybe the way we define what counts as no-till is just as dumb as the way we define “organic food”.
Forgive my US centric perspective but here the organic label doesn’t require much scrutiny, allegedly it is trivial to become 100% USDA certified organic while still using pesticides and fertilizers. I honestly haven’t dug into it much but based on how everything else works here I assume the organic label is just a way to charge 2x as much for the same product.
It is not trivial to be get certified in Australia. At least it wasn’t when I studied organic farming over 25 years ago. I don’t know if the same requirements are enforced for imported organic products. I doubt it.
I thought no-till was a thing because soil erosion was becoming a crisis, the co2 storage just seemed like a bonus. The research focused on commercial corn and soy farms, the insane amount of pesticides used probably say more about commercial farms than about no-till in general.
Then they reference some meta analysis that has mixed results about co2 storage.
Idk man, imma put this one in the keep an eye on it until a subject matter expert chimes in pile.
Edit: so Dr. Eldridge that wrote the article has a PhD in soil science, so I assume he knows wtf he is talking about. I still think the takeaway here is commercial farms are run by greedy bastards and maybe the way we define what counts as no-till is just as dumb as the way we define “organic food”.
What’s dumb about the way we define organic food?
Forgive my US centric perspective but here the organic label doesn’t require much scrutiny, allegedly it is trivial to become 100% USDA certified organic while still using pesticides and fertilizers. I honestly haven’t dug into it much but based on how everything else works here I assume the organic label is just a way to charge 2x as much for the same product.
It is not trivial to be get certified in Australia. At least it wasn’t when I studied organic farming over 25 years ago. I don’t know if the same requirements are enforced for imported organic products. I doubt it.
There are different certification bodies with widely different standards.
USDA certification is a rubber stamp. The best of the best in the US is probably the Oregon Tilth badge.