Frank is based in the more attractive and stimulating part of Eastern NZ. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-12/tas-country-hour-8-may-2015/6461028 He’s becoming the ‘go-to’ guy on TFOD among many other things. We need to clone him for NZ… things would be happening a lot faster. He’s … Continue reading
Biochar-induced concomitant decrease in ammonia volatilization and increase in nitrogen use efficiency by wheat Abstract Ammonia (NH3) volatilization is a major nitrogen (N) loss from the soil, especially under tropical conditions, NH3 volatilization results in low N use efficiency by … Continue reading
Erin from TR Miles has posted the following on the biochar discussion group. This translates easily to opportunities in NZ… “Kathleen Draper with Fingerlakes Biochar did a great job of outlining Biochar markets during her presentation at NE Biomass Conference … Continue reading
I think this paper is based on NZBRC PhD work from Sam Gregory… Biochar in Co-Contaminated Soil Manipulates Arsenic Solubility and Microbiological Community Structure, and Promotes Organochlorine Degradation Samuel J. Gregory, Christopher W. N. Anderson , Marta Camps-Arbestain, Patrick J. … Continue reading
Hans-Peter Schmidt was in Nepal during the earthquake working on biochar projects. Please take a look at his story… Dear all, In the following article I try to share both impressions and some of the despair experienced last week in … Continue reading
An informal event to share experience and knowledge on making and using biochar. Share experiences and ideas with other biochar makers Learn ways to make biochar for home garden, farm or greenhouse Compare different biochar machines Practical Demonstrations No experience … Continue reading
The Ithaka Institute has used Pinterest to provide links to Kon-tiki-activity from India, Germany, England, Bolivia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tasmania, Sri Lanka and Nepal… https://www.pinterest.com/ithakainstitute/kon-tiki-kiln/ … Continue reading
If you are interested in 200L drum TLUD’s then this report from Thailand may be of interest… http://sea-biochar.blogspot.com/2015/04/project-report-from-thailand.html … Continue reading
Click on on title below to link to a great report on potatoes, biochar and economics. It would be great to see some similar action here in NZ. Profile: Profitability Improvements from Enhanced Biochars: Results from a Potato Farm in … Continue reading