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Welcome to the web home for Field, Lab, Earth, the podcast from the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America. The podcast all about past and present advances in agronomic, crop, soil, and environmental sciences, our show features timely interviews with our authors about research in these fields.

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Nov 18, 2022

“Greenhouse gas mitigation strategies and opportunities for agriculture” with Dr. Hoyoung Kwon

Agriculture and food systems can be strong contributors to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, in turn, climate change. However, in the midst of this reality, there are also abundant opportunities to improve our systems, reduce emissions, and move towards a more sustainable future…so long as we can identify those opportunities first. This episode, Hoyoung discusses his work studying agricultural life-cycle analyses to better identify the major inputs and outputs in ag, understand how these contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, and develop ways to improve them.

Tune in to learn:

  • What a life cycle analysis does
  • What data can be used to create life cycle analyses
  • What key improvements we can make to mitigate food system related GHG emissions
  • What resources are available to help farmers implement these techniques

If you would like more information about this topic, this episode’s paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20844

This paper is always freely available.

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If you would like to reach out to Hoyoung, you can find him here:
hkwon@anl.gov

If you would like to reach out to Geoffrey Koch from our Student Spotlight, you can find him here:
gmkoch@ucdavis.edu

Resources

CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7b06645746-AB69-ED11-9561-000D3A365051%7d 

Transcripts: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/bIkYFKZ3WawIrVg2_LeFoCN5dEzPQ3tz6lBDJFHHmzTVqjFlVIaZjJtSh28JMRAar8HZK2hfyNkTv2La82OnJVkzjBQ?loadFrom=SharedLink

Near–Term Problems in Meeting World Food Demands at Regional Levels Special Section in Agronomy Journal: https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1435-0645.Near-Term-Problems-in-Meeting-World-Food-Demands-at-Regional-Levels 

GREET homepage: https://greet.es.anl.gov/

GREET Full Life Cycle Analysis Model: https://greet.es.anl.gov/greet.models

Feedstock Carbon Intensity Calculator: https://greet.es.anl.gov/tool_fd_cic

EPA Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks

USDA ERS Agricultural Research and Productivity: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/agricultural-research-and-productivity/

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): https://www.farmers.gov/inflation-reduction-investments

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