October 2023

Greenhouse Gas Balance Sheet for Anchorage Farm

October 20, 2023

                                                                      Greenhouse Gas Balance Sheet for Anchorage Farm A greenhouse gas (GHG) balance sheet for a farm with livestock has three main entry categories – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O).  CO2 is the GHG that by any credible calculation accounts for the lion’s share of the recent rise in global average [...]

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Ecosystem Services at Anchorage Farm

October 6, 2023

                                                                                               Ecosystem Services at Anchorage Farm The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), a major UN-sponsored effort to analyze the impact of human actions on ecosystems and human well-being, identified four major categories of ecosystem services: provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting services. 1. Provisioning Services When people are asked to identify a service provided by nature, most [...]

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