There are a growing number of businesses with carbon neutral goals and an Ohio State University professor says farmers will continue to be called to help meet these goals and mitigate climate risks.
Brent Sohngen, professor of environmental and resource economics, says there is a focus on agriculture because it is energy intensive and carbon intensive.
“What does this mean for farmers,” he says. “So, what I think it means is that as part of the global supply chain farmers are increasingly going to be asked to measure their net carbon emissions and report it.