The Episode Where the Chopper Arrives and Carbon Markets Are All Figured Out

Field Work

Documentary, Society & Culture

5 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

According to the EPA, the agriculture sector of the economy causes 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, far behind energy, transportation, and industry. But there’s a lot of interest in how to reduce ag’s carbon footprint. Regenerative practices on the farm, especially using cover crops for soil health, can reduce those emissions by sequestering carbon below ground. Yet carbon markets for ag are still kind of the Wild West. On this episode of Field Work, hosts Zach Johnson and Mitchell Hora explore the roles of finance and government in building the markets. Guests are Cristian Barcan, vice president for sustainability for Rabo Agrifinance, one of the biggest agricultural lenders in the U.S., and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig.

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0:00.0	Mitchell, do you hear that?
0:06.0	What could it be?
0:08.0	Is it our helicopter finally coming to get us?
0:10.0	I think it's going to come down and land right beside us.
0:13.0	I think it's just a drone.
0:15.0	How are we going to fit on a tiny little drone?
0:19.0	Well, I mean, one idea, obviously that would make sense would be to shrink ourselves down.
0:24.9	And you think about it logically, we're going to have to buy different size clothing.
0:28.7	We're going to need to shrink our suitcases down.
0:31.2	It's going to be a whole ordeal.
0:33.2	Why don't we just keep pushing the people behind the scenes at the Fieldwork podcast for a full-size helicopter?
0:38.2	We're millennials.
0:39.1	It's got to be easy.
0:40.9	It's got to be easy.
0:50.0	Well, Zach, enough funny business.
0:52.2	Everyone listening, my name is Mitchell Hora.
0:54.5	And my name is Zach Johnson.
0:56.3	This is the fieldwork podcast, the podcast by farmers for farmers.
1:01.3	And we, meaning Mitchell and I, are a part of those aforementioned farmers.
1:06.5	Many thanks to the Walton Family Foundation, again, for all of their great support throughout this entire season. Yeah, and sadly that helicopter there is not actually our helicopter. It was a
1:16.5	drone that we were using the seed, some cover crops into some of my corn at my field day,
1:23.0	and we're going to get into the field day here later, but Zach, today's, you know, it's a big day.
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