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On a quiet road surrounded by green pastures, cows bathing in shallow ponds and horsesâ manes blowing in the wind, a group of five people named Tom, Irma, Maricruz, Caroline and Abraham kneel beside what looks like small mounds of dirt.
These mounds of dirt are annual beds â plants that complete their life cycle within one growing season â designed to sequester carbon. Tom Benevento, a member of the team of five, explained that they put cover crops of rye and clover into these beds to draw down carbon immediately as the crops improve the soil. The beds will act as âcarbon-capturing machines.â Theyâll draw carbon, because their biomass is made of it, and pull it down into the ground. This process of building more carbon into the soil will cause trees to resprout continuously.