No-till fields store carbon in the form of soil organic matter, which can be sold by farmers, providing them with an additional source of income.
As the United States looks to become more green, a program to trade carbon credits from farmland could play a role.
When carbon is emitted into the atmosphere, by vehicles or other means, it can be absorbed and stored by trees and other plants and may eventually wind up in the soil as organic matter.
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