Living on a small farm gives us the opportunity to maintain a major carbon sink.

The farm has 50 acres of trees/woods that are expected to capture or sequester a minimum of 5,000 pounds of CO₂ per acre or 250,000 pounds of CO₂ annually. 

The farm has 105 acres of prairie that will be in a patch-burn-grazing program by 2027.  These 105 acres will absorb or sequester 10,000 pounds per acre or 1,050,000 pounds of CO₂ annually.  Patch/Burn/Grazing provides a pasturing system for 30 cows on the prairie with one-third of the prairie being burned each year. The prairie provides a natural habitat for a variety of wildlife, a carbon sink, absorbs more water and feeds a small number of cows.

The farm will have another 15 acres of pasture and lawn grass that absorb or sequester 2,000 pounds per acre or 30,000 pounds of CO₂ annually.

Our land should absorb/sequester 1,330,000 pounds or 603 metric tons of CO₂ annually.