Report from Great Britain states organic farming can reduce 30% of the world's CO2 emissions!!

Date:   2/14/2008 10:31:08 PM ( 16 y ago)

Organic Farms Reduce Greenhouse Gas:

Britain's Institute of Science in Society (ISIS) reports that organic agriculture "has the potential to mitigate nearly 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions and save one-sixth of global energy use."

In addition, organic agriculture is more resistant to climate extremes like droughts and floods and, unlike industrial agriculture -- which moves carbon out of the soil and into the atmosphere -- organic farming captures carbon from the air and locks it back in the soil. Conventional agriculture produces an estimated 11% to 13% of greenhouse gasses and is "the main source" of methane and nitrous oxide.

In the UK, organic production is about 26% more energy efficient than chemically reliant farms while Greenhouse Gas emissions from Europe's organic acres are 48-66% lower per hectare.

Because organic systems collect 180% more solar energy -- equal to saving 64 gallons of fossil fuel per hectare--growing 10% of U.S. corn organically would save approximately "200 million gallons of oil equivalents."

Since nearly 18% of greenhouse gasses are due to deforestation, saving the world's forests may be the other most cost-effective way to stabilize the climate.

Source:

Pesticide Action Network North America
(PANNA) 49 Powell St., Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA Phone: (415) 981-1771 Fax: (415) 981-1991
Email: panna@panna.org Web:
http://www.panna.org



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