Monthly Archives: June 2013

OzClim

Posted by : Gordon Rogers | Category : Forecasting weather | Comments : 0 Comments

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OzClim is the primary site for information on how the climate is predicted to change in the future. This site allows three levels of access to 13 different climate models, 8 different atmospheric greenhouse gas scenarios and rates of global warming to allow users to generate predictions that relate to areas all over Australia. Step [...]

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Cool Farm tool

Posted by : Gordon Rogers | Category : Carbon footprinting and managing emissions | Comments : 0 Comments

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The Cool Farm Tool (CFT) is a greenhouse gas calculator that is free for growers. It can help them measure the carbon footprint of crops as well as livestock. The tool is currently being used by the Australian processing tomato industry. It is also being used worldwide by: Unilever (tomatoes) Costco (eggs) Pulse Canada (navy [...]

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Vegetable carbon calculator

Posted by : Gordon Rogers | Category : Carbon footprinting and managing emissions | Comments : 0 Comments

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The Vegetable Carbon Calculator is a free tool that allows you to develop a carbon footprint of a vegetable farming operation. The tool was developed as part of a HAL project (VG09187), funded by Australian Vegetable Growers through HAL with support from Houston’s Farms (Tasmania) and Woolworths. The tool provides a framework and baseline data [...]

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