{"id":1895,"date":"2015-01-29T14:21:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T19:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2015-01-29T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T19:36:00","slug":"how-cows-pasture-and-compost-can-help-slow-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/01\/how-cows-pasture-and-compost-can-help-slow-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"How cows, pasture and compost can help slow climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article on <em>Craftsmanship.net<\/em> describes the work that is being done by California ranchers to improve carbon storage in the soil of his pastures using judicious application of compost to the land. \u00a0This has often been discussed but no carefully calibrated studies to determine the effectiveness of the treatment have been performed. \u00a0If the technique proves effective, it could be used to sequester carbon from the atmosphere and improve the health of the pastures at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>This is of special importance in California where a carbon trading market is being considered, but improving the soil is a goal that farmers around the world aim for, so would be useful in the Southeast as well. \u00a0You can read the article \u00a0&#8220;The Carbon Gatherer&#8221; at\u00a0<a title=\"Cows, pasture and carbon capture\" href=\"https:\/\/craftsmanship.net\/the-carbon-gatherer\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/craftsmanship.net\/the-carbon-gatherer\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1896\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/cows-on-pasture-ars-k7686-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1896\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/cows-on-pasture-ars-k7686-7-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"Source: USDA ARS\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/cows-on-pasture-ars-k7686-7-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/cows-on-pasture-ars-k7686-7-223x138.jpg 223w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/01\/cows-on-pasture-ars-k7686-7.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: USDA ARS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent article on Craftsmanship.net describes the work that is being done by California ranchers to improve carbon storage in the soil of his pastures using judicious application of compost to the land. \u00a0This has often been discussed but no carefully calibrated studies to determine the effectiveness of the treatment have been performed. \u00a0If the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":1896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-and-ag-in-the-news","category-livestock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1899,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions\/1899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}