A second public consultation on carbon farming has been launched by Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon this week.

The minister simultaneously published a set of draft principles for developing carbon farming in Ireland to inform and guide the development of a National Carbon Farming Framework.

Carbon farming is a potential opportunity for farmers to derive a new income stream for their farm, the minister said in his announcement.

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“Carbon farming can reward farmers for the actions they take to remove and store carbon in our soils, forests, grasslands, croplands and hedgerows,” he said.

“In developing a National Carbon Farming Framework, I am conscious of the need to align with developments at EU level including the recent publication of the Carbon Removals and Carbon Farming (CRCF) Certification Regulation,” Minister Heydon added.