Montana Organic Association 17th Annual Conference and Business Meeting

Challenge & Opportunity Healthy grasslands have significant potential to provide ranchers with important supplemental income arising from the public’s concern over climate change. A growing number of scientists believe grasslands hold even greater potential than tropical rainforests in their ability to draw dangerous carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and sequester the carbon deep in the ground. Motivated by the surging desire in consumers to reduce CO2, major companies are positioning themselves as leaders in the attempt to find effective ways to solve this problem.