Grunwald: Scientific evidence for soil carbon sequestration in agriculture is thin
Michael Grunwald · Should we eat bugs, farmed fish, or soy? · Sep 15, 2022 · at 41:51
Journalist and author Michael Grunwald evaluates whether soil carbon storage from regenerative agriculture practices is supported by current scientific evidence.
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“There's this intense focus that this is going to solve our carbon problem, By just storing a lot more carbon in soils, and the evidence for that is really thin right now.”
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