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Carbon farming: a horse saddled with the wrong bridle

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Published: September 5th, 2022,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

By Sarah Wiener
Sarah Wiener is an organic farmer, chef and MEP for the Austrian Green Party.

„Carbon farming“ is the new buzzword for a supposedly eco-friendly form of agriculture. As part of the Farm to Fork strategy, the EU Commission also announced an initiative in this area. It was published in the spring of 2022 and is part of the EU’s strategy for sustainable carbon cycles. To achieve the goal of storing more greenhouse gases than emitted by 2050, half of the carbon dioxide is to be stored artificially and the other half naturally.

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