https://news.mcdonalds.com/news-releases/news-release-details/improving-soil-health-part-strategy-combat-climate-change-heres

Most of us don’t spend a lot of time thinking about dirt, but it’s critical to our lives. Healthy soil helps produce food, supports biodiversity, filters and stores water and – crucially – can capture carbon.

Sustainable and regenerative farming practices improve soil health and the soil’s ability to absorb carbon and remove it from the atmosphere, while also achieving better air and water quality, and potentially higher agricultural yields. Farmers are at the center of this work – and we want to support them to help advance and scale these climate solutions.

We’re partnering with Target, Cargill and The Nature Conservancy to launch a five-year, $8.5 million project which will support farmers in adopting and implementing soil health practices – often called “regenerative” practices – that help mitigate climate change, while also improving the resiliency of their land. After five years the project is expected to sequester 150,000 metric tons of carbon, equivalent to removing 32,000 cars from the road in one year, generating more profit for farmers, as well as other important environmental benefits for habitats and local water quality.


PS -  Over the last several weeks around a half-dozen international corporations have committed to a NET-Zero policy with the budgeting of around $10billion to initiate carbon sequestration and offsets.  A primary source of sequestrated carbon is anticipated to be supplied from carbon-smart farming systems.  

If you have recently shifted to no-till or strip-till and are planning for well-balanced, healthy no-till initiate your soil carbon conservation planning via www.NORi.com or www.IndigoAG.com.  NORI's 2020 pilot is still accepting acreages that can certify your no-till to allow you access to these buyers.