These considerations can all be taken into account when designing a payment
system that works. This will work if we are focused on the end results:
- we want carbon sequestration in soils
- we want to wean farmers off of feeding a high-calorie food system

If society is serious about these (healthcare bill and carbon bill currently in
the works) then it should get serious about paying farmers to achieve these
goals. There need to be sufficient financial incentives for the agricultural
sector to buy into this. In turn, farmers should be open-minded about the many
great opportunities that come from putting a high price on carbon. They should
voice their strong support for climate change legislation that can reduce carbon
pollution and improve their bottom line. The connections between a failing
healthcare system and a failing food system and a failing climate are obvious.



--- In biochar@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Miles" <tmiles@...> wrote:
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> If the cash were available I am sure that everyone would take advantage of it.
There is even a website devoted to what farms get what from the US federal
trough.
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> The real cost of administering the carbon programs has been high. I am told
that if I were to obtain credits worth $10/ton CO2 that in
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