About this episode
The episode discusses the early results of a soil carbon measurement program in UK dairy, highlighting increases in soil carbon stocks due to regenerative practices.
The early results from one of the largest soil carbon measurement programmes in UK dairy show measurable increases in soil carbon stocks on farms adopting regenerative practices. British farmer-owned dairy co-operative, First Milk, working with soil carbon measurement specialist, Agricarbon, has undertaken interim re-sampling on three member farms nearly four years after establishing a large-scale soil carbon baseline. The early findings show soil carbon stocks increased on all three farms, with average gains of 8.9tC/ha (8.2T CO2e/ha/year). And importantly, a positive relationship was observed between the level of regenerative farming activity and the degree of carbon increase observed. ffinlo Costain is joined by Lee Truelove, the Head of Regenerative Agriculture at First Milk, and Mark Brooking, their former Chief Impact Officer, who's continuing to work with the company on carbon removals.
People in this episode
Guests: Lee Truelove, Mark Brooking
Topics covered
- soil carbon
- dairy
- regenerative agriculture
- carbon measurement
Keywords
- First Milk
- Agricarbon
- carbon stocks
- regenerative practices
Mentioned in this episode
Places: UK
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