Climate-smart agriculture continues to gain traction as an effort to mitigate climate change. Carbon markets add value to these beneficial practices by extending financial opportunities to farmers to encourage associated benefits that increase soil, air, and water quality, but often miss the point. In this inaugural episode, Carbon A List’s President, Christophe Jospe, and host to the podcast, discusses with fellow business partner Nicholas Goeser Ph.D., cover the gamut on what creates value on a farm to drive changes in ecosystem services.
In this episode, Dr. Nicholas Goeser describes his long-standing educational background in agronomy and his professional career researching and advancing climate-smart agriculture in the United States. While explaining his experience, he discusses the importance of systems thinking to address the challenges within the food supply chain. Then, he applies the technique to demonstrate the network of factors that influence on-farm decision-making and efficient Nitrogen application.
Later in the episode, the pair will fast-forward to the future - when climate change is solved and the next challenge is to restore balance to agriculture's financial and operational systems. And as a bonus, Dr. Goeser will share advice he wishes he had known earlier in his career.
The On the Climate Record podcast will include high–level discussions about the solutions used to mitigate climate change. In addition, the podcast will feature changemakers in the space and explore the pathways that “waste less time and money solving climate change.”
Contact Info:
Christophe Jospe (@cjospe)
Nick Goeser Ph.D. (@njgoeser)
References:
Nori’s Podcast Reversing Climate Change
National Corn Growers Association
American Society of Agronomy
Crop Science Society of America
Soil Science Society of America
The Soil Health Partnership
U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance
Do it, prove it, sell it: my evolving views on carbon accounting by Christophe Jospe
Mississippi River Basin Project
