Farmers eye carbon market
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I hope your circadian rhythm is adjusting properly to the time change. I'm going to make sure to revisit Angela Davis' conversation about good sleep habits before going to bed tonight.
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Ten-year-old Joseph Percy gets his COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Kamiel Houston as his 5-year-old cousin Jacqueline watches at Cityview Community School in Minneapolis on Thursday. Evan Frost | MPR News
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By Catharine Richert and Evan Frost
This week at least 18 more Minnesota schools are expected to offer COVID-19 vaccines to their students.
The effort comes after federal officials last week approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5 to 11 years old — an age group in which a lot of new cases of the virus have emerged as children headed back to school this fall.
The schools working with the Minnesota Department of Health to offer vaccinations this week include locations in Duluth, Minneapolis and Mankato. Other districts, including St. Paul Public Schools, will host vaccine clinics in partnership with local public health offices. [Read more]
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| North Dakota State University research specialist Joel Bell prepares to collect soil samples near Leonard, N.D., as part of a project to improve the process of quantifying soil carbon. Dan Gunderson | MPR News |
By Dan Gunderson
Companies have sprung up to pay farmers to store carbon by not tilling their soil and by planting cover crops. Those companies then sell that stored carbon as a credit to other businesses who want to offset their greenhouse gas emissions.
But businesses also want detailed proof that their payments are working to reduce carbon emissions.
Researchers at the farm near Leonard, N.D., use a truck-mounted, four-foot-long hydraulic probe to pull soil samples from a field. It’s a common method for sampling soil, but dozens of samples might be needed to accurately assess a field.
Read more on the challenges of getting good carbon measurements and the rise in the interest from farmers to participate in these programs. | |
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