September 2013

When MANAGING for soil carbon really pays

By Chad Kruger Source: WSU CSANR Perspectives on Sustainability In August I published a post describing one mechanism by which increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) can lead to direct financial benefit on irrigated farms. In that particular example, the agronomic value of the carbon could be more than 10X greater than the potential value of […]

Considering the vulnerability of our food system to climatic disruptions

By Chad Kruger Source: WSU CSANR Perspectives on Sustainability While the nationally televised Seahawks game was delayed for lightning Sunday night, much of the inland Pacific Northwest braced for the fourth major storm event this summer, with warnings for high winds and severe dust storms, massive electrical storms, heavy rainfall with localized flash flooding, mudslides […]