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SOIL and GLOBAL CLIMATE

Articles

The Natural Farmer, Summer 2014 Special Supplement on Building Soil Carbon

•Conversions, Quantities, Calculations and Indulgences: A Primer by Jack Kittredge 
•Organics and Soil Carbon: Increasing Soil Carbon, Crop Productivity and Farm Profitability by Andre Leu 
•Mycorrhizal Fungi – Powerhouse of the Soil by Dr. Christine Jones 
•Ruminants and Methane by Dr. Christine Jones 
•Soil Carbon: Some Frequently Asked Questions by Dr. Christine Jones 
•Building Soil Carbon with Yearlong Green Farming by Dr Christine Jones

NOFA-Mass. Newsletter, May 2014, pp. 8, 13, 18.
How cows help grow their own food: Grazing and soil restoration, NOFA/Mass Newsletter, May 2014
Starting at the ground level: Soil basics for plants, animals, and the planet, NOFA/Mass Newsletter, June 2014
Lessons from top grazier, Greg Judy, NOFA/Mass Newsletter, June 2014
“Focus on Soil Carbon Sequestration”, Dept. of Ecology of the State of Washington, June 2013

Websites

AmazingCarbon.com Australian Soil Scientist Christine Jones Bio4climate.org/Resources, Boston-area based non-profit Biodiversity for a Livable Climate working to change the climate conversation to focus on biology and mobilize the biosphere to reverse global warming.  Resources page includes videos, talks, articles, papers, websites, books and more. SoilCarbonCoalition.org/challenge
Quivira Coalition/Carbon Ranch