I had the great honor of accepting an environmental award for efforts related to our greenhouse gas programs in the California rice industry. The California Rice Commission and Environmental Defense Fund were co-honored at an elegant event hosted by Winrock International and the American Carbon Registry.
The Innovation Award recognizes the two organizations’ collaborative efforts to develop necessary data, technical tools and new approaches leading to the creation of protocols that can pave the way for rice growers to generate greenhouse gas offsets.
On behalf of California rice growers, I accepted the award from John Kadyszewski, Director of the American Carbon Registry, at the Hotel Monaco in San Francisco and conveyed the California rice industry’s sincere appreciation. John and his team put on a top-notch event and I enjoyed seeing old friends and meeting many new people dedicated to addressing climate change. Much thanks to my partners at the Environmental Defense Fund and our key technical consultants, Applied GeoSolutions and Terra Global, for several years of new trail-blazing towards a future of carbon offsets in rice.
We are excited about pilot-testing our new program on several farms over the next couple of years.
Paul Buttner is Environmental Affairs Manager for the California Rice Commission.
We are excited about pilot-testing our new program on several farms over the next couple of years.
Paul Buttner is Environmental Affairs Manager for the California Rice Commission.
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