Donald Carr recently blamed the flame out of cap-and-trade in 2009 on the agricultural lobby. Farmer Blake Hurst defends his industry:
Cap and trade would have had no practical effect [on preventing this year's drought], but certainly would have harmed our ability to produce food: The only way to materially cut carbon emissions in agriculture is to use less fertilizer and produce less food. Carr would have us repeat this year’s short crop as a matter of public policy.
Meanwhile, Tom Philpott makes the case that, due to its rejection of synthetic fertilizer, organic farming is more resilient to droughts and thus more productive:
[O]rganically managed soils trap more carbon in the soil—and all of that carbon allows these soils to hold in water and nutrients better. (Note that carbon stored in soil in a stable fashion is carbon that isn't in the atmosphere trapping heat and causing the planet to warm. So organically managed soils don't just help farmers adapt to climate change—they also help help mitigate climate change.)
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