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

[Jeni Wightman]

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

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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