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With increasing climate impacts predicted across the globe, many see soil carbon storage and sequestration as an opportunity to reduce atmospheric carbon and mitigate climate change. This report assesses the current opportunities for Minnesota agriculture and proposes solutions, policies, and…

With increasing climate impacts predicted across the globe, many see soil carbon storage and sequestration as an opportunity to reduce atmospheric carbon and mitigate climate change. This report assesses the current opportunities for Minnesota agriculture and proposes solutions, policies, and management practices for these markets to benefit farmers and Minnesota’s agricultural sector

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    • Carbon markets: assessing opportunities, risks, and challenges for Minnesota agriculture
    • Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems reports
    • Food systems of the future, 2020 projects
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    2020-08
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  • Introduction -- Carbon market frameworks -- Complexity of measuring soil carbon -- Pricing carbon -- Key findings from interviews with producers and MN experts -- Carbon policy -- Risks & opportunities -- Key findings and recommendations -- Methodology -- References -- Appendices

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    Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems. Carbon Markets: Assessing Opportunities, Risks, and Challenges for Minnesota Agriculture. October, 2020. (Swette Center, 2020) https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.143764

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    Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University ; by the Graduate Certificate in Food Policy and Sustainability Leadership class of 2019-2020 ; authors, Dr. Angel Cruz, Academic and Extension Initiatives Manager, Center for Environmental Farming Systems, North Carolina State University, Devin Foote, Food Systems Program Officer, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Alaine Janosy, Sustainability Consultant, Katie Poirier, Executive Director, Mollen Foundation, Annalise VanVranken, Strategy & Partnerships Project Manager, FoodCorps ; client partner, Minnesota Department of Agriculture

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