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Category: About Biochar

  • Beginning in biochar

    First up, ask yourself; what volume of biochar do I need?  If you have a few plant pots or garden beds, you can make plenty with a regular camp fire […]

  • NZ LandCare Trust biochar podcast

    Click on the image to link to a well produced chat with Phil Stevens, BNNZ deputy chair, on biochar in NZ.

  • OrganicNZ features biochar

    OrganicNZ has kindly shared two recent articles on biochar for public access… The soil improver: transforming forestry slash with biochar “Kev Dowman tells Paula Sharp why we should be producing […]

  • Auckland Council biochar presentation

    Great work here from our BNNZ chair on educating AC on biochar. It would be great to see this recording available to other councils around NZ. Your help with this […]

  • Biochar White Paper from BNNZ

    I’ve been very under-whelming recently on my posting the this site. A few months ago I managed to shut myself out of the site which is not a good look […]

  • Tree Matters on Biochar

    Tree Matters on Biochar

    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 […]

  • thisNZlife magazine features biochar

    thisNZlife magazine features biochar

    Linked here is the first of two articles in this month’s edition of NZ Lifestyle Block magazine, featuring the work of BNNZ committee members. I suggest supporting the magazine by […]

  • Motueka Kai Fest: Biochar talk – 1st April

    Don Graves is giving a biochar talk during the week of events leading up to KaiFest… Day: Saturday 1 April Time: 3-5pm Location: Te Awhina Marae Description: Biochar is produced […]

  • New book on biochar

    “The Soil Science Society of America promotes good science and practice related to soils and believes that the application of biochar materials offers promising solutions to agricultural and environmental concerns […]

  • Biochar Horizon 2025

    BIOCHAR HORIZON 2025 – by Hans Peter Schmidt & Simon Shackley, (2016) book chapter in Biochar in European Spoils and Agriculture  Summarizes the progress of biochar science & applications in […]