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Research opportunity in NZ

Posted on 22/10/2023 by Trevor
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Master’s research project on Repurposing Food Scraps With Biochar for High Production Soils In New Zealand – applications invited Biochar research goes bananas Co/ Betsey and the team at The Hibiscus Coast Zero Waste initiative. And who new we had … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, Education, Planting trials, Projects, Science & research | Tagged Auckland, compost, research, soil | Leave a reply

Biochar covered in FarmersWeekly

Posted on 24/07/2023 by Trevor
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Making soil: turning food scraps into food production

Posted on 01/06/2023 by Trevor
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Nice article here covering Bettsy & Dave Kettle’s work on the north shore. Link from image above and the article is available from the Organic NZ website. Some interesting discussion included on how they are using biochar in this system. … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, gardening, horticulture, Soil remediation | Tagged Auckland, compost, media, organics | Leave a reply

Preliminary results from kiwifruit biochar trials

Posted on 18/05/2023 by Trevor
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Dr Pranoy Pal has an association with biochar reaching back to his post-doctoral work at Lincoln University in 2012. Pranoy is now the Kiwifruit Technical Manager at Trevelyan’s Pack and Cool – New Zealand’s largest family-owned kiwifruit and avocado packhouse. … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, horticulture, Projects, Science & research | Tagged BoP, kiwifruit, trials | Leave a reply

More on HLL MPI funding

Posted on 31/08/2022 by Trevor
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HLL have posted more details on their Linkedin page: **Beyond Carbon Zero – Hot Lime Labs secures funding for biochar project from MPI** “We are thrilled to announce project funding of $707k from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, Biochar Production, Project funding | Tagged HotLimeLabs | 1 Reply

Biochar in the turf industry

Posted on 29/05/2022 by Trevor
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Turf master brings know-how to Yarrow Stadium main pitch project – Council Could we see the Allblacks playing above AllBlackEarth one day soon? Now, if we could get the national team to offset their rather large carbon bootprint via CDR … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Applications | Tagged media, soil, turf | Leave a reply

Biochar as a methane inhibiting feed additive

Posted on 25/03/2022 by Trevor
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I’ve been a bit slow discovering this Global Research Alliance research summary in which NZAGRC staff are listed as contributing authors. The report does not get too excited about biochar efficacy but page 7 does keep the door open to … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, Climate change, Science & research | Tagged FeedSupplement, NZAGRC, publication, research | Leave a reply

OnionsNZ supporting biochar research

Posted on 29/08/2021 by Trevor
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Biochar under rugby boots

Posted on 07/08/2021 by Trevor
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The journo description “Biochar is burnt charcoal” may be a bit naff but any mention of biochar from a NZ council is welcome. This is not the first time that Marlborough District Council have got their fingers in the char. … Continue reading →

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Biochar trials in Northland

Posted on 29/05/2021 by Trevor
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I’m not 100% sure that this report is in the public domain so I will limit my report here to the Executive Summary. I will try to confirm with the authors on sharing the report. Executive Summary“Research has shown that, … Continue reading →

Posted in Applications, Biochar Production, Projects | Tagged Northland, Parengarenga, report, trials | Leave a reply

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