How does The Carbon Farmer Inc. justify using viable farmland for generating Carbon Plus Credits?
We are very particular in selecting the land we use to plant our trees on, and choose only those portions of land that are unable to produce crops efficiently and which have high potential for habitat restoration. As such, aspects like soil type and farming efficiency are considered when determining where Our Forests are located. For example, the land on which Dad’s Forest grows has high soil quality but was only a five acre parcel surrounded by forested borders. The relatively small size of this field meant that the large equipment used in conventional farming was constantly turning and overlapping the surface. Overall, this led to inefficient use of synthetic fertilizer, fuel and pesticides, while at the same time contributing to excess soil compaction. This meant that per unit of food produced, the inputs necessary were high, leading to a high environmental impact compared to larger fields.
