Nelson Grape & Wine magazine have kindly published an article for ABE, ahead of the upcoming biochar workshop tour, and specifically, the Nelson workshop on 29 May at Kaimira Wines. As their past magazines are available from their website (but … Continue reading
I’ve been remiss is publishing posts to ABE this month. A few reasons for this: busy with the biochar workshop tour planning; laziness… its so much easy just to flick a news story to the ubiquity of facebook and the … Continue reading
Please follow this link for details: http://allblackearthevents.org.nz/ ABE would welcome your support for these events. Your support could be by way of attending, sponsoring or forwarding this announcement to anyone you think may be interested. … Continue reading
I’ve posted before on Royal Society discussion on biochar (try a search on ‘royal society’). I missed this important report [linked here] when it was released last year. A search on ‘biochar’ in the report pulls some results. Here are … Continue reading
Countdown to ANZBC17!! G’day Folks, As we countdown the weeks to ANZBC17, a reminder to submit your 30 or 20 minute presentation as well as your two page abstract or picture/ dot point summary by July 31st. This will ensure … Continue reading
It looks like the biochar ‘industry’ in NZ has missed any opportunity to wave the black flag here, for N management. I have been following the public engagement from afar over the years, but there did not seem to be … Continue reading
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
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
Kiwis – I’m sure Don of the western-ile does not mean it literally… I’ve promised to try to help mount a NZ host-ile invasion for this event… “Dear Friends & Colleagues, In previous years, you have either presented, sponsored, exhibited, … Continue reading
I posted earlier this year on the possibility of a biochar conference session at the NZASSS conference (see below). I’m not sure if this has become a reality but the recent conference update identifies two Australian keynote speakers who have … Continue reading