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Greetings,

Agriculture is responsible for approximately 30% of global
warming, mainly through carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and
nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions.

I couldn't help notice that you have no mention of organic farming
in your plan. You may or may not know that organic farming not only
produce virtually any CO2 but also captures it in the soil for a
very long time. Vegetative material decomposes and adds to the
soil organic matter levels in the soil, thus storing carbon
dioxide. Soil contains about twice as much carbon as the
atmosphere

Unlike conventional agro farming which uses large amounts of
nitrogen fertilizer and pesticides (all petroleum based) that are
released into the air. This MUST be considered and added to your
plan as a sustainable solution in the short, medium and long run.

Organic farming not only out performs chemical based farming, but
protects the health of the soil, farmers, laborers, rivers,
beneficial insects, consumers, animals, just to mention a few. 

If only 10,000 medium sized farms in the US converted to organic
production, they would store so much carbon in the soil that it
would be equivalent to taking 1,174,400 cars off the road, or
reducing car miles driven by 14.62 billion miles.

This isn't something small and MUST be included in your plan.
You have good data so far, but this information is totally
missing. Please see that it is added to it. Thank you

Below are links to more information from respected institutions on
this topic:
http://persianoad.wordpress.com/2007/04/08/organic-farming-tackles-global-warming/

http://www.organicconsumers.org/organic/stabalize062404.cfm

http://www.strauscom.com/rodale-whitepaper/

http://www.newfarm.org/depts/NFfield_trials/1003/carbonsequest.shtml