Dutch-belted have an excellent grazing ability and forage efficiency. These cows produce as much milk as larger, grain-fed cows. Known for intelligence and friendly disposition, Dutch-belted handle easily and are “barn-trained” to do their business outside.

Blade by blade, fighting global warming induced climate change

News clips of forests burning in California, conflagrations on hillsides, black smoke billowing into communities, got me thinking about alternatives to the merits of planting trees to fight climate change. Trees store carbon that photosynthesis has pulled from the air as carbon dioxide. Plants take energy from the sun to break CO2 molecules into carbon and oxygen. The oxygen is released into the air where we may breathe it. The carbon becomes substance, the stuff of trees.

Yes, planting trees captures carbon. Yet, promoting the growth of ecosystems other than forests is needed. Before describing other solutions, before adding to society’s to-do list, let’s revisit the problem.

Global warming induced climate change is the result of too much, an excess of greenhouse gasses released into the atmosphere. The gasses drift about, become globally mixed, encircling the planet like smoke over a burning hillside. Of the three top greenhouse gasses we are releasing, carbon dioxide is 64%, methane 17% and nitrous oxide 6%. Once in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide lasts hundreds of years, methane about twelve years, and nitrous oxide about one-hundred-fourteen years.

Therefore, most of the attention is on carbon dioxide. It’s good stuff in moderation; I exhale it every day. However, in excess it…