Carbon Credits

[Jay-mo]

One of the few times I agree with one of Burberts comments.
Even if you get paid for your carbon credits the pretense of carbon trading is a total scam.
As far as organics go. One idea would be for organic farmers to be the ones having to buy carbon credits and paying those that min/zero till. Unless they are zero-till organic.
How organics ever acheived the label of being good for the environment is truly a huge scam.

[parsley]

Jay-mo,
I don't really enjoy wading in on this BUT......

Organics often continuous crop for 4-6 years and then switch,.... and seed the land into nitrogen fixating forage of some kind, growing forage until the land is replenished somewhat, and then begin the cycle all over again.

Maybe you'd better stick to conventional farming policy.

Parsley

[Jay-mo]

I guess you didnt like my suggestion of organic farmers buying carbon credits?

[parsley]

A lot of organic continuous crop for say 5 years, disk or cultivate in early fall, and plant to alfalfa/ grass/sainfoin in the spring....and it stays that way for say 5 or so years....

and your point was......

Parsley

[Jay-mo]

The majority of "organic" farming that I see revolves around intensive tillage practices, thats my point.

[parsley]

Maybe you need to get out more.

[Hopperbin]

Sorry Parsley maybe you can organically continuous crop apples or potatoes, but wheat barley flax canola etc I have yet to see.

[parsley]

You need to get out more.

[GrainBeetle]

u know the old saying, "if it sounds to good to be true....".


This is akin to Modern Day Snake Oil.

Be very carefull of the fine print, long term deals in these idiotic contracts.

I would never sign one

[parsley]

Don't sign the organic contracts either.

Please.


Parsley

[boarderbloke]

why are farmers getting so little for carbon sequestration, when the B.C Carbon Tax will start out at $10.oo/tonne, and by the year 2012 the Carbon Tax will increase to $30.oo/tonne

[wilagro]

But...the BC carbon tax is even a worse scam which will be onerous for some and easy on others. It won't be a FAIR tax and believe me it won't be "revenue neutral" as they claim. I have relatives in BC who are really p***ed off at the stupid BC government for even thinking of such a stupid tax as it won't stop anything except the economy will be negatively affected.