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This workshop grew from interest at the Quorum Sense FB page. QS are focused on Regenerative Agriculture which is a hot topic in NZ right now. Check out the recent posts on the BNNZ FB page You can sign up … Continue reading
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It is nearly two years since Dennis Enright and I completed a biochar workshop tour around NZ. We conducted five workshops (Cromwell, Nelson, Waihi, Waiuku and Gisborne) over a period of three weeks. Our plans to report on each workshop … Continue reading
How to make a charbecue Apologies to Dennis & Sharon… I was a bit slow finding this… … Continue reading
Samuel Robb and Stephen Joseph have pulled together some very interesting economic case studies that provide insight and guidance for biochar applications in NZ. Eight case studies are featured: beef (2); avocado; potato; cucumber; zucchini; golf courses; saline soil. From … Continue reading
CANCELLED The preliminary announcement to the left was shared with the ABE newsletter list on 14 March. The BNNZ committee have decided to reschedule the AGM to 13 May and and conduct a remote event via Zoom. This will still … Continue reading
‘Our man in Wellington’ has released a new paper on biochar. This has been prepared to update policy folk in the capital… fingers crossed that it will be seen by receptive eyes. Check it out here: https://winsleys.wordpress.com/2020/02/14/economic-opportunities-for-biochar-in-new-zealand/ … Continue reading
Tree Matters is the The industry magazine for the New Zealand Arboricultural Association (NZ Arb). Matt Priestley, director of Brotherwood Ltd and BNNZ member has written an very nice article on biochar that was published in the Spring 2019 magazine. … Continue reading
Two related articles are in mainstream media circulation on Northland iwi successes with progressing their biochar ambitions. The first Herald story was posted to the BNNZ FB page – link here A followup article to regional papers can be downloaded … Continue reading
This report has a global perspective but has strong NZ connections in its authorship. You can access the publication from this link. … Continue reading
Early results from Parengarenga biochar feed trials look encouraging and impressive. These slides focus on animal worm burden and weight gain. link to presentation Comments from Prof. Stephen Joseph (Parengarenga advisor): “The biochar is from wood produced in a retort … Continue reading