Human created CO2 emissions are the main culprit causing global warming. The problem is so huge that what can one person or family do?

Plant a tree.

Horsford trees are a constantly renewing crop, growing in our fields until they are large enough to go to work elsewhere. When they are sold, dug and planted on your property they go to work for you, your family and your neighbors. At Horsford’s the space and the dollars go to planting and growing more tree seedlings to keep adding to these “scrubbers” of the atmosphere.

Here’s what trees do:

An average street tree with a 12.5”diameter, which is usually growing in less than ideal conditions, incorporates about 879 pounds of carbon and removes 42 pounds of carbon from the atmosphere per year. Every ton of new wood that grows (not that much for larger trees) 1.8 tons of CO2 is removed from the air and 1.3 tons of oxygen is produced. The larger and healthier the tree the more carbon dioxide and nitrous oxides it filters and the more it improves air quality. A group of trees can increase the effect exponentially.

Trees provide other benefits that mitigate the more violent weather effects of global warming.

Trees deflect and absorb precipitation, preventing erosion and flooding and replenishing ground water supplies. For every 5% of tree cover added to a community there is a 2% longterm reduction in water runoff. Trees temper winter winds and summer cutting energy costs, from those coal-fired generating plants by 10-20%— even a single tree produces a measurable difference. By cutting these costs trees indirectly reduce CO2 emissions equivalent to fifteen times the amount the tree alone can absorb.

Trees also increase property values from 10 to 23% by improving aesthetic appeal,
providing privacy, noise insulation and living space for wildlife.

A 1992 study estimated one urban tree had a value of $270 per year in air pollution and storm water control, energy savings and wildlife shelter for a community. Compounded 5% over a 50 year lifespan the economic benefit totals $57,151.00. And that was in 1992 dollars.

It is estimated that there are 100 million available tree planting spaces around American
homes and businesses. Planting trees in those spaces could reduce atmospheric CO2 by approximately 18 million tons per year, and save consumers $4 billion each year.

You’ve got space - we’ve got trees.