The Carbon Farming Handbook is uniquely useful as it forms a comprehensive introduction to the discipline. The Handbook is being updated. Contributions are welcome. We are particularly interested in techniques for increasing soil carbon levels. The list of contents (below) reveal the gaps. We also welcome support from advertisers and sponsors, companies that want to introduce themselves to the many new farmers entering the carbon field. We have various ways to make the introduction. Call us on 02 6374 0329 or email michael@carbonfarmersof australia.com.au.

Contents

1. What is Soil Carbon? 
2. An Introduction to Carbon Farming 
3. Can Farmers Slow Climate Change? 
4. Changing the Way We Farm 
5. Soil Organic Matter 
6. Soil Organic Carbon 
7. Benefits of SOC 
8. The Soil Carbon Solution 
9. Can We Capture Carbon? 
10. Carbon Farming Techniques 
11. Grazing Management 
12. Conservation Tillage 
13. Pasture Cropping 
14. Biological Farming (including Organic Farming) 
15. Biochar: What Do We Know? 
16. Albrecht Natural Farming System 
17. Biodynamic Farming 
18. Natural Sequence Farming 
19. Landsmanship: Reading The Landcape 
20. How Nature Farms: Sir Albert Howard 
21. Microclimates: Can Carbon Farming Make It Rain? 
22. Microbes Making Carbon 
23. The Root of the Matter 
24. Rhizodeposition: A Hole In The Bucket? 
25. The Liquid Carbon Pathway 
26. Carbon Farming: Grassroots Innovation 
27. The Hidden Costs of Soil Carbon Sequestration? 
28. Farmers Lead Compost Revoluton 
29. Triggering Terra Biologica 
30. Is Fertiliser Bad For Carbon? 
31. The Myth Of Nitrogen Fertilisation For Soil Carbon 
32. Trees and Carbon Farming 
33. Farm Forest Offsets Now Available 
34. Carbon Sinks & Sources 
35. Managing High Energy Costs in Dairy 
36. Pig Farmers Earn Credits For Manure 
37. 22 Ways To Go Low N2O 
38. How to Calculate Carbon Credits 
39. Carbon Farm Plan: Soil Carbon Optimising Tool 
40. The Carbon Farming Initiative 
41. What Is A Carbon Offset? 
42. How Does The Market Work? 
43. How To Weigh Up A Soil Carbon Proposal 
44. What’s In The CFI For You? 
45. Did Agriculture Dodge A Bullet? 
46. Why Is The Government Doing This? 
47. CFI 101: The Basics 
48. How To Earn Australian Carbon Credit Units 
49. The Positive List: What You Can Do 
50. The Negative List: What You Cannot Do 
51. Permanence: What You Must Do 
52. A Soil Carbon Methodology 
53. Carbon Tax Funds Farming 
54. Carbon Offsets Value Proposition 
55. “How Much Can I Make From Soil Carbon?” 
56. Potential Returns 
57. Potential of Australian Soils 
58. Australian Farm Offsets: Building The Brand 
59. Frequently Asked Questions 
60. Carbon Glossary 
61. Acronymns 
62. Soil, Food & Human Health: It’s Personal