Investors Interested in Farmland Again [View article]
Also holding Sprott Resources which is doing some innovative things. Slight correction to the above post, the First Nation farmland is leased not owned. Twenty percent of the balance sheet is silver/gold bullion in the vault of Bank of Nova Scotia.
How it works According to Alberta regulations, carbon credits can be generated through various methods. One attracting the most attention is through “no till” practices in the agriculture industry.
“Basically, no-till means that instead of tilling their land, farmers would do direct seeding. This process removes carbon from the air and stores it in the soil,” explains Larry Ruud, Meyers Norris Penny’s director of intensive livestock.
Larry adds that most businesses generating carbon credits will want to use an aggregator or carbon credit trader to help market the credits. Aggregators pool the carbon credits from farmers and other sources, then market them to utilities and other major companies to offset their own emissions. Meyers Norris Penny held information seminars on the new industry in February 2008.
“Carbon credit trading is an emerging market. It rewards farmers and others for pursuing more carbon-neutral ways of doing business.”
Investors Interested in Farmland Again [View article]
Also holding Sprott Resources which is doing some innovative things. Slight correction to the above post,
the First Nation farmland is leased not owned. Twenty
percent of the balance sheet is silver/gold bullion in
the vault of Bank of Nova Scotia.
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How it works
According to Alberta regulations, carbon credits can be generated through various methods. One attracting the most attention is through “no till” practices in the agriculture industry.
“Basically, no-till means that instead of tilling their land, farmers would do direct seeding. This process removes carbon from the air and stores it in the soil,” explains Larry Ruud, Meyers Norris Penny’s director of intensive livestock.
Larry adds that most businesses generating carbon credits will want to use an aggregator or carbon credit trader to help market the credits. Aggregators pool the carbon credits from farmers and other sources, then market them to utilities and other major companies to offset their own emissions. Meyers Norris Penny held information seminars on the new industry in February 2008.
“Carbon credit trading is an emerging market. It rewards farmers and others for pursuing more carbon-neutral ways of doing business.”
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