Oregon Public Broadcasting: How ‘carbon farming’ could help Oregon reach its climate goals

Central Oregon rancher Jeanne Carver and her family have spent decades reversing poor land management, reseeding crop fields with permanent plants, moving livestock around more and changing their farming practices to avoid tilling up the soil.

In 2020, she hired a team of scientists to study the results of all these changes. Several years of data show that the changes didn’t just improve the soil health on the ranch; they also pulled significantly more carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and into the ground. That’s enough for Carver to make some extra money from a practice known as carbon farming.

LEARN MORE at opb.com, and listen to Jeanne’s interview on Think Out Loud.