{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgrowing-the-future.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-8-XFIxH4IB","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Truth About Carbon Offsets vs. Carbon Tax","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1fa356cd-6e54-41a2-bbf4-99a91ee4ce68/26c6fc07-bb6a-4c52-9526-0daf34232805/can_carbon_be_the_solution_to_climate_change_conversation_with_bill_d.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Bill Dorgan, who leads Trimble's carbon aggregation business and grew up on a fourth generation Saskatchewan grain and cattle operation, joins the show to separate two issues most producers lump together: carbon tax and carbon offsets. He walks through how Alberta's zero till protocol generated over 4 million tons of offsets and 50 million dollars for producers before a flawed census question convinced regulators to let it expire, and what protocols are coming next. The tension is that carbon offsets are one of the few places left where a farm's own management practices turn directly into revenue, but almost nobody is capturing the data rigorously enough to prove it. Producers walk away with a clear distinction between the two carbon conversations and a real sense of what it takes to actually get paid."}