[FLPERMACULTURE] Carbon-Trading Workshop, Thursday, Oct 5, 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell

[Michael Burns]

> From: Jeni Wightman <jw93 at cornell.edu>
> Date: October 3, 2006 4:40:45 PM EDT
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> Subject: [SustainableTompkins] Carbon-Trading Workshop, Thursday, Oct 
> 5, 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell
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> Carbon-Trading for New York Farms and Landowners – learning the ins 
> and outs of carbon-trading
>
> Free and open to the public.
>
> Sponsored by Central New York Resource Conservation and Development, 
> Environmental Defense, and the Department of Crop and Soil Science at 
> Cornell University
>
> TITLE:  Carbon-Trading for New York Farms and Landowners - learning 
> the ins and outs of c-trading
> DATE:  Thursday, October 5, 2006
> TIME:  8:00-5:30pm
> LOCATION: Room 135 Emerson Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
> PLEASE REGISTER: w Kim Totten, kimberly.totten at ny.usda.gov or 
> 607-334-3231, x 4
>
> Forward as appropriate.
>
> Please see attached agenda for the October 5, 2006 carbon-trading 
> workshop.
>
>
> AGENDA:
>
> 8:00-8:30
> Coffee/bagels
>
> 8:30-8:45
> How we got here: Central NY Resource Conservation & Development
> Bob Aman (www.fieldsofdreamscompost.com)
> exploring c-trading aggregation funded by Environmental Defense
> chair, CNYRCD carbon committee
>
> 8:45-9:15
> Why Climate Change Matters:  Risks and opportunities on the land
> David Wolfe (www.climateandfarming.org)
>
> 9:15-9:45
> Cap and Trade 101
> Stacie Edick (CNYRC&D) 
> <http://www.cnyrcd.org/projects.htm>www.cnyrcd.org/projects.htm
>
> 9:45-10:15
> Opportunities for farms and landowners: Sources and Sinks 101
> Jeni Wightman (CNYRC&D) 
> <http://www.cnyrcd.org/projects.htm>www.cnyrcd.org/projects.htm
>
> 10:15-10:45
> Coffee Break
>
> 10:45-11:15
> Policy perspective:  Offsets and RGGI - Regional Greenhouse Gas 
> Initiative
> Lois New (www.dec.state.ny.us)
> Department of Environmental Conservation
>
> 11:15-12:00
> Creating environmental commodities from farming activities.  How a
> digester project generated revenues from multiple environmental 
> markets.
> John Kunz (www.ert.net) Environmental Resource Trust
>
> 12:00-12:45
> Seven Montana non-profits create unique opportunities for landowners to
> participate in market-based Greenhouse Gas mitigation
> Ted Dodge (www.ncoc.us)National Carbon Offset Coalition
>
> 12:45-1:30
> Lunch
>
> 1:30-2:00
> The case for soil fertility, no-till, crop productivity and air quality
> John Duxbury (CU)
>
> 2:00-2:30
> Carbon sequestration and biomass energy in New York forest land
> Peter Woodbury (CU)
>
> 2:30-3:00
> Whole Farm Planning with Carbon Credits
> Ed Staehr (www.nyfarmnet.org)
>
> 3:00-3:30
> Coffee Break
>
> 3:30-5:00
> Panel:  Farm Economics/Decision Making
>
> RECs&GHG Offsets from Anaerobic Digesters (some wind)
> George Hoguet (www.nativeenergy.com)
>
> Regional and Local Climate Change
> Brandi Nagle (www.cara.psu.edu)
>
>
> Maximizing the potential for agriculture to participate in the carbon 
> market
> Ron Rausch (NYSDAM/SWCC)
>
> Digester Farm experience in evaluating options for trading credits
> Doug Shelmidine (Sheland Farms)
>
> My "limited" experience with Carbon Credits (Digesters & NoTill)
> Connie Patterson (Patterson Farms)
>
> Farm ecology brokering for renewable energy and sustainability
> Jeffrey Frost (www.AgRefresh.org)
>
> Digester Farm experience in exploring c-trading
> Rob Noble (Noblehurst Farms)
>
> 5:00-5:30
> General Discussion,
>
> Free and open to the public.  Lunch is on your own.  Please register w 
> Kim Totten
> kimberly.totten at ny.usda.gov
> USDA-NRCS
> Central NY RC&D
> 99 North Broad Street
> Norwich, NY 13815
> 607-334-3231, x 4
>
>
>
> Jenifer Wightman
> Bioenergy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory
> 607-255-4230
> 905a Bradfield Hall
> Cornell University
> Ithaca, NY 14850
>
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