Agree Discussion Series Event
The Power of Agriculture Data: A Transatlantic Conversation
February 18 – ESMC Executive Director, Debbie Reed, is serving as a panelist for a discussion exploring how “big data” is being used to ensure our agriculture system can meet the food demands of a growing global population while also improving soil health, carbon sequestration and farm profitability. Today at 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the Meridian Institute in Washington, D.C.
Pivot Bio Nitrogen Sustainability Symposium
February 20 – ESMC team member, Bruce Knight, is speaking on the panel, “Sustainability from Policy to Practice at the Nitrogen Sustainability Symposium in Sonoma, California.
Commodity Classic
February 27 – 29 – Knight will be on the Main Stage with ESMC Member, The Fertilizer Institute, for a Learning Center Session on February 27 entitled, “Investing in Profitability through 4R Nutrient Stewardship and Conservation, at the Commodity Classic in San Antonio, Texas.
CERAWeek
March 9 – 13 – ESMC team member Bruce Knight will be speaking at the “AgTech and GHG Emissions: New Solutions” session on March 10 at the Waves of Change: Charting the Energy Transition CERAWeek in Houston, Texas.
First North American Regional Meeting of the 4 Per 1000 Initiative
March 17 – 18 – Debbie Reed will be participating in the first organizing meeting for the North American Region of the 4 Per 1000 Initiative as a Roundtable Contributor on March 17 in Montreal, Canada. The objective of the 4p1000 regional meeting is to bring together the members, regional partners of the Initiative and anyone interested in developing a regional roadmap of concrete actions on the ground, for carbon storage in soils with the help of agriculture and forestry.
Enhancing Investment in Soil Health and Carbon Storage: Frontiers for Linking Finance and Carbon Accounting Workshop
March 30 – Debbie Reed will be presenting on the ESMC at this workshop hosted by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, The Nature Conservancy, World Band and the 4 Per 1000 Initiative at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) Soil Health Innovations Conference
March 30 – 31 – ESMC team member, Bruce Knight, will be serving as a panelist for the session, “Innovations in the Marketplace: Soil Carbon and Ecosystem Service Markets at the NCAT Soil Health Innovations Conference in Bozeman, Montana, on March 31.
utcomes included significant progress updates from the Technical Working Groups which resulted in votes on some Working Group recommendations for investments and teeing up additional Working Group recommendations for votes in the near future. We also discussed pilot projects – updates on outcomes of our 2019 pilot as well as plans for 2020 pilots that have been announced and that are in development.
