Peter Cundall is gardening legend in Australia. He talks about biochar kindly in the article linked below. Where are all the NZ gardening legends on this subject? Peter Cundall: organic charcoal good for your greens Peter Cundall, The Weekly Times … Continue reading
This was 5th December (aligned with past King of Thailand’s birthday) so we missed celebrating it here at ABE… & in NZ… and the world generally! After watching the video below, I can see that the worlds disconnection with soil … Continue reading
I’ve just circulated an ABE Sept/Oct newsletter but failed to attached the October IBI newsletter which has been forwarded to me in advance of a link on the IBI website. Here’s a link and table of contents… IBI Board commits … Continue reading
Govt lays out scientific ‘roadmap’ The roadmap is discussed at the RNZ website, linked above. I’ve searched the document for reference to biochar… zero results but no surprise there. I then searched on ‘soil’. There is some mention or hint … Continue reading
Miscanthus New Zealand widens its horizons Friday, 24 June 2016, 10:41 am Press Release: Miscanthus NZ …“Another example is that nowhere else is Miscanthus the main feedstock for production of renewable diesel – something that is close to happening in … Continue reading
http://pureadvantage.org/news/2016/06/28/biochar/ … Continue reading
Steven should have his own TV series. A younger and hairier version of Bear Grills, without the parachute. I’m also betting he’s a much better cook. They can both skin a deer but can the Bear pollinate flowers and graft … Continue reading
A message from the journal team: “We are excited to announce the 2nd annual World CharDays event to be held on (or around) June 21st. Please help us spread the word so we can have even more participants this year. If … Continue reading
The Best Technology for Fighting Climate Change? Trees Between now and 2050, forests are one of our “most promising” geo-engineering tools. …But in a new report, Oxford University researchers say that our best hopes might not be so complex. In fact, … Continue reading
This press release should be of interest to NZ biochar community. Our response in NZ seems quite narrow – we have sunk a lot of effort into NZAGRC but maybe stopped looking at other ideas. Why not broaden the picture… … Continue reading