Diary of a Carbon Farmer

This is the diary of an Australian family who escaped from the city, joined a farming community, and learned to love soil. Carbon Farming is about growing soil carbon - the first link in our food chain. The topsoil is where God's creation is taking place, at every moment. Carbon is the building block of life. By growing it we can restore ecosystems to health. At the same time we can remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere and store it as Carbon in the soil.

Friday, March 17, 2006

The future of agriculture is in their hands?

These are the smartest farmers in the Central West of NSW, searching for salt. This is our CMA Farming Systems class on a day trip to various sites around Wellington where salt is a problem. We learned the difference between salt load, salt concentration and salinity.

We learned that our area (Goolma distirct) is a salt problem area, so we'd better watch out for the telltale signs. Such as sea barley (pictured), a species that colonises saline land.