Everywhere you turn, you bump into talk about carbon market, carbon footprint, carbon credits, etc. What does all this mean and why is it important to us in agriculture? Carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, place or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent. Agriculture is responsible for 10% of the greenhouse gas emissions Yara recently created the Agoro Carbon Alliance to take action on a global scale to reverse the effects of climate change by decarbonizing farming and restoring carbon to the world's soil. In this episode, Anastasia Povlovic, Managing Director of the Agoro Carbon Alliance, explains what their group is doing, why it should matter and how you can learn more and participate as a grower and retailer.

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