Fighting Climate Change on the Farm: Using Crop Selection to Optimize Soil Carbon Storage

Authors

Denise Finney, Ursinus College

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Description

“Carbon farming” has gained momentum as a strategy to mitigate climate change by capturing and storing carbon in agricultural soils. Join Dr. Denise Finney for an inside look at research underway in her lab on the relationship between farming practices and climate change. She is currently investigating how choices farmers make about which crops to plant affect carbon storage in soil. This field day-style talk took place at Ursinus College's Whittaker Environmental Research Station in Dr. Finney's research fields.

Publication Date

9-9-2021

Document Type

Lecture

Keywords

soil degradation, carbon, photosynthesis, Whittaker Environmental Research Station, climate, agroecology

Disciplines

Agribusiness | Agricultural Economics | Environmental Studies | Food Security | Soil Science

Comments

Delivered as a faculty Baden presentation with an introduction by Dr. Nathan Rein.

The downloadable .m4V file has a run time of 43:08.

Recommended Citation

Finney, Denise, "Fighting Climate Change on the Farm: Using Crop Selection to Optimize Soil Carbon Storage" (2021). Faculty Baden Presentations. 7.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/baden/7

Rights Statement

The contents of this presentation are for educational purposes only.