An exploration of exciting new directions in the pushback agaisnt the climate crisis! The article features farms and ranches in Mendocino County that are practicing "carbon farming." These environmental strategies, including compost spreading, cover cropping, watershed restoration, tree planting and many others, enhance the soil's ability to absorb and retain carbon that otherwise would end up in our atmosphere. Carbon farming holds the promise of sequestering more carbon than it emits. In California alone, it could offset all farming, residential and commercial emissions!