Composting is the making of new soil. Composting takes waste products and turns them into rejuvenated topsoil for the earth. Nature does not have waste; everything that dies becomes food for something else. Composting is part of the natural flow of life, recycling essential nutrients back into the soil. It is estimated that 40% of food ends up in landfills, accelerating climate change.   Carbon Sequestration and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions can occur through various agricultural practices, giving farmers and ranchers options for having a positive impact on changing climate and becoming involved with the emerging carbon credit market. Practices such s: conservation tillage, organic production, improved cropping systems ( i.e. planting cover crops, crop rotations, and organic productions), land restoration, irrigation, and water management, composting waste stream substrates, and using them in fields to restore soils and reduce synthetic fertilizers are the practices in agriculture that can help turn back climate change. Primary sources of greenhouse gasses in agriculture are the production of nitrogen-based fertilizers, combustion of fossil fuels, lack of waste management, and enteric fermentation of livestock resulting in methane emissions.   Carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and converted to organic carbon through photosynthesis. As organic carbon decomposes, it is converted back to carbon dioxide through respiration. Through sustainable agricultural practices including composting and vermicomposting it is possible to drastically increase the amount of carbon stored in the soil.

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