
Carbon Sync in the Northern Valley News
Renowned soil health educator Joel Williams visited Muresk Institute in Northam on March 28 to present a soil health lecture to farmers and industry representatives. He presented alongside Kevin Elmy from Cover Crops Canada, on the topic, “The Nexus between Nitrogen Carbon and Biodiversity.”

Ecology will be the Frontier in Agricultural Innovation
Humans have cleared one-third of the world’s forests and two-thirds of the wild grasslands. As a result, wild mammal biomass has declined by 85%. Land use change for the purpose of agriculture is the primary driver of the loss of the earth’s biodiversity. The impact of this loss of biodiversity is coming into sharper focus as we begin to see the effects of climate change starkly unfold. We are now facing climate and biodiversity crises. These two crises are interlinked and inseparable. To stabilise the climate, we must also restore the earth’s biodiversity.