A CalCAN (California Climate & Agriculture Network) Farmer Climate Leader profile on Scott Park and Park Farming Organics, detailing how decades of cover cropping and composting have dramatically increased soil organic matter and carbon sequestration, improved water retention and drought resilience (cutting the number of irrigations needed), reduced synthetic fertilizer and pesticide dependency by 90%+, and built a resilient, profitable large-scale organic operation. Notes on-farm biodiversity benefits (beneficial insects, wildlife), reduced GHG emissions from lower synthetic input use, and the farm’s role in advocating for state Healthy Soils Program funding as an example of viable large-scale climate-smart agriculture.
