In the 2025-2026 cropping season, the fourth summer of the Carbon Positive trial, we are growing butternut pumpkins for Heinz-Wattie’s. Our planned planting date of the 15th of November is fast approaching. The conventional treatment was broadcast sprayed with glyphosate in mid-October and cultivated in early November. It was disced, then aerated, rotary hoed and…
Month: October 2025
Carbon Accounting in Carbon Positive
One way to track greenhouse gas emissions is through carbon accounting. Carbon accounting quantifies carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide emissions. We have been tracking the relative emissions from each of the three different management systems applied in our Carbon Positive trial. There are three scopes within carbon accounting: Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope…