A sprinkle of compost helps rangeland lock up carbon - SFGate - 0 views
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Adriana Trujillo on 20 Oct 14Adding relatively small amounts of compost to ranchland can have a dramatic and lasting impact on the soil's ability to absorb carbon, according to research from bio-geochemist Whendee Silver. Spreading compost over just 5% of California's pastures would effectively cancel out a year's worth of statewide emissions from the farm and forestry industries, Silver found. "It's inexpensive, it's low technology, it's good land use, it solves multiple problems," she says.