Organic Farmers Set Course to Solve Climate Change Crisis
February 18, 2020 Today, California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) released a plan to use organic farming to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change: Roadmap to an Organic California: Policy Report. CCOF says three decades of peer-reviewed science backs up the policy solutions in the report that will maximize organic farmers’ ability to combat climate change and ensure food security.
“To address the climate crisis today, we must build on what we know works,” says Kelly Damewood, CCOF’s CEO. “Organic farming, with its tremendous capacity to pull carbon out of the atmosphere and store it in soils, is a known solution. Our organic farmers pioneered many of the climate-smart practices that reduce greenhouse gas levels, yet organic comprises only 4% of California’s farmland.”
Beyond the climate benefits, the report outlines the economic and health value of organic farming. By selling locally and creating jobs, organic farms reinvest dollars within the community. As the organic market continues to outpace sales of all other food sectors, organic agriculture creates economic opportunity in both urban and rural communities.
Organic growers were slated to discuss the road map this week at the California State Capitol.
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