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Carbon Neutral Agriculture

American Agriculture currently produces a whopping 10% of all US Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. If Regenerative Agriculture was widely adopted, the net impact could move from producing 10% of US GHG emissions to potentially becoming carbon negative.

Potential Impact

  • 50% adoption of regenerative practices = approach net neutral

  • 75% adoption of regenerative practices = become net negative

Three Key Strategies

  1. Increase carbon sequestration in the soil

  2. Reduce use of carbon-intensive inputs (fossil fuels and synthetic nitrogen fertilizers)

  3. Manage animal agriculture to reduce net enteric emissions

Key Regenerative Practices

  • Reduced tillage

  • Crop diversity

  • Continual cover of the soil

  • Cover crops

  • Integration of livestock in cropping systems

Based on report from Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) reviewed by National Academy of Science.