A Santa Barbara Independent cover story by Jean Yamamura examining carbon ranching at the Ted Chamberlin Ranch, where a 60-acre CDFA Healthy Soils Initiative demonstration project uses compost application to increase topsoil, enhance soil microbiology, boost forage production, improve water retention, and sequester carbon in deep grass roots — with results showing a 16% increase in forage from the first composted season. The article also discusses the scalability of carbon farming across Santa Barbara County’s rangelands and the role of the Marin Carbon Project as a model.
