Agriculture committee  Yes, the 4R efficiency measures are important. They do a lot, but efficiency alone won't get us to where we need to go. The federal government very wisely put in a target of a 30% reduction in nitrogen-related emissions by 2030. Efficiency will get us part of the way, but really

Agriculture committee  I would, but I would add that emissions are up by about 23% since 1990.

Agriculture committee  I completely agree. Briefly, the liability problem is huge because a farmer could sell a bunch of offsets now, and the price might be pretty low at, say, $10 a tonne. However, that carbon might for some reason get released decades from now, and the price might be $50 or $100 a to

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. Indeed we do need a paradigm shift. We need a real transformation in agriculture and in just about every sector to make them less dependent on fossil fuels and to lower emissions. Agroecology is a key part of that, a focus on working with nature, gett

Agriculture committee  As for paying farmers for their past work and their ongoing work, there's nothing wrong with that. That's a very, very good thing. It should be done. However, doing it within the offset credits system is really disastrous. When you credit someone for doing something they've alrea

Agriculture committee  Not within the offset credits system; there are just so many problems with that. For instance, if you credit farmers with putting carbon into the soils within the offset credits system, the regulations as they're written call for 100 years of monitoring and reporting. That's pote

Agriculture committee  As for reducing inputs, the key is giving people alternatives. That's why it's so important to not just ask people to use less of something but to also show them how to use crop rotations, biological soil, nitrogen fixation, intercropping, cover crops and a whole suite of enhance

Agriculture committee  We really believe that soil health is key to reducing input use; increasing resilience, water, filtration and drought resistance; and maintaining yield, farm productivity and profitability as we move into a future where we have to use fewer inputs. As you may know, soil with a lo

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. I'm pleased to appear before you today. When I received your invitation, I was very happy to see that you want to investigate ways to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions, promote soil health, reduce the agriculture sector's d