Reducing your Carbon Footprint
There are obviously two approaches to reducing the total carbon foot print for your farm
- Reduce the amount of carbon equivalent gases omitted
- Sequestrate carbon on/into your farm
After calculating your carbon foot print you will know which aspects of your business are producing the most carbon dioxide equivalent gases and may immediately think of new technology or systems of work which can reduce your foot print.
We are keen to encourage knowledge sharing amongst practical people and will therefore credit your Cplan account with additional membership time for each constructive suggestion you post on the discussion board (you can check by noting the expiry date on your membership when you log in).
In order to reduce costs to you we offer two streams of mitigation advice
- On the web we will offer general advice initially by pointing you to potential reduction options but hopefully in time a body of practical mitigation options will develop on this site supplied by farmers who have reduced their carbon foot print and you can decide if their solutions are relevant to your farming business.
- We will also provide special advisers who can visit you and discuss specific options for your farm i.e. individual consultancy.
Reducing carbon equivalent emissions is an area of active scientific research – we will endeavour to post the most up to date and relevant publications on this web site. By blending scientific knowledge with practical farming common sense we believe you are the best person to decide for your farm business what measures you can take to reduce your carbon foot print – there are no easy answers but some measures will be more palatable than others.
We have scanned many hundreds of web sites to bring you the most practical and useful advice. If you know of a web site offering good practical advice why not post your knowledge on the web site discussion forum and help other farmers – you will also be helping yourself as we will credit your Cplan membership account with additional time for every constructive suggestion you make.
We have split the mitigation advice into several categories and these will grow as more specialised knowledge becomes available.