Saturation point: Australia’s best known carbon-neutral farm can no longer offset its emissions
Written by Aston Brown from the Guardian
That the trees and soil on Jigsaw Farms in western Victoria have now passed peak sequestration reflects the challenge for the broader red meat industry
Mark Wootton and his wife, Eve Kantor, were the carbon neutral pioneers of Australia’s red meat industry.
Years before the Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C, and a decade before the Australian government committed to reaching net zero emissions, their family farm in south-western Victoria was declared carbon neutral.
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Written by Aston Brown from the Guardian
That the trees and soil on Jigsaw Farms in western Victoria have now passed peak sequestration reflects the challenge for the broader red meat industry
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Mark Wootton and his wife, Eve Kantor, were the carbon neutral pioneers of Australia’s red meat industry.
Years before the Paris agreement to keep global heating below 1.5C, and a decade before the Australian government committed to reaching net zero emissions, their family farm in south-western Victoria was declared carbon neutral.
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Since you’re here …
… we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too.
If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. Support the Guardian – it only takes a minute. Thank you.