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Going Carbon Positive
By replacing chemical fertilisers with compost produced from waste, large amounts of Carbon are locked into the land. Well-balanced compost is used to grow green crops and more CO2 is absorbed.
If you so choose and turn just 10% of the farm over to growing a biofuel crop, sufficient fuel can be produced to power not only the farm machinery, but also to produce the electricity required for both domestic and farm needs.
This is not theory, Land Network has a farm that does just that - where the Carbon absorbed is greater than that generated.
Just think what an impact there would be on Global Warming if this practice were adopted by all farmers.
This simplified diagram illustrates the basic processes in turning a farm into a net Carbon absorber.
By contrast, the production of artificial fertilisers involves the release of large quantities of greenhouse gases.
