petergittins
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This is really interestingWe are part of the Farm Net Zero Project in Cornwall and we’ve been measured as carbon negative for 2 years in a row by the Farm Carbon Toolkit, on an mixed arable and sheep system.
FCT is the only model that properly accounts for sequestration in pasture, woodland, hedgerows etc and they actually dig holes and properly measure soil organic carbon instead of using phoney modelling! And under GWP* we’d be even more carbon negative!
Have we actively farmed to be net zero? No, it s just a by-product of the way we’ve been doing things already, hence why we are seemingly carbon negative in years 1 and 2.
I do direct sell our lamb and have used it in marketing but, my customers seem more interested in the way it tastes and the way it’s produced, although it is seen as a plus point it could hold a premium.
The few lambs that go to Jaspers get no premium for it obviously, but in time I fear that talk of a premium for net zero products will actually translate into a barrier to market, the same as Red Tractor
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I have mapped our farm with the FCT and it is showing that we are nowhere near net-zero. Not that we are trying tbf
But a lot of the emissions were from building materials as the FCT requires you to input any buildings/roads that have been installed in the last ten years. Without factoring that in we'd be a lot closer.