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Carbon Trading: Market Opportunities for Agriculture

 A workshop for the Northeast on Carbon Trading.  Carbon Trading is a method to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by allowing market mechanisms to find the most cost effective way to reduce emissions from a variety of sources.  There are opportunities for farm, forest and land management to participate in greenhouse gas mitigation.

      Tuesday, May 20, 2008.

      8:30am-5:30pm

      Free and open to educators.  Lunch provided.

      Please register by May 12, 2008.  Register here.

Central New York Resource Conservation and Development, Inc. (CNY RC&D) with funding from Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NESARE) will host a workshop called Carbon Trading: Market Opportunities for Agriculture. The objective of the workshop is to give agricultural educators a basic understanding of the complexities of carbon trading, while providing them with a set of tools to educate farmers and landowners about carbon trading.

This workshop is geared primarily to extension agents, soil and water conservation district staff, USDA staff and non-profit agricultural educators, and is open to landowners and farmers as well.

Topics Include:

  • Introduction to Cap & Trade and Agricultural Offsets   –Jeni Wightman (Consultant)
  • Agricultural Practices and Carbon Offsets                    –John Duxbury (Cornell University)
  • Chicago Climate Exchange and Agricultural Offsets      –Neil Sampson (Consultant)
  • Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Ag Offsets             –John Marschilok (NY DEC/RGGI)
  • Basic Do’s and Don’ts of Contract Law                        –David Watson (Council of Community Services)
  • Carbon Credits and Whole Farm Planning                    –Phil Metzger (USDA-NRCS/CNYRC&D)
  • Farm Experience with Selling Credits                          –Connie Patterson (Patterson Farms)
  • Carbon Credit Economic Scenarios                              –Steve Bulkley (Consultant)

Tuesday, May 20, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m

Additional information on the workshop is available or register now for free at any of the 4 sites: Voorheesville, New York (live); Greensburg, PA (videoconference); Georgetown, DE (videoconference); Boscawen, NH (videoconference).

Resource Guide:  Attendees will receive the Carbon Trading: Market Opportunities for Agriculture Resource Guide with modular Fact Sheets. These and the Power Point Presentations will also be available to attendees and the public on this workshop’s web site after May 20.