This workshop grew from interest at the Quorum Sense FB page. QS are focused on Regenerative Agriculture which is a hot topic in NZ right now. Check out the recent posts on the BNNZ FB page You can sign up … Continue reading
Category Archives: Biochar Production
It is nearly two years since Dennis Enright and I completed a biochar workshop tour around NZ. We conducted five workshops (Cromwell, Nelson, Waihi, Waiuku and Gisborne) over a period of three weeks. Our plans to report on each workshop … Continue reading
https://organicnz.org.nz/magazine-articles/how-to-make-a-charbecue-2/ Apologies to Dennis & Sharon… I was a bit slow finding this… … Continue reading
Two related articles are in mainstream media circulation on Northland iwi successes with progressing their biochar ambitions. The first Herald story was posted to the BNNZ FB page – link here A followup article to regional papers can be downloaded … Continue reading
How Dr Compost Ben Elm makes biochar in a bathtub (and how he uses biochar in the garden) … Continue reading
Turning trash into treasure Parengarenga Incorporation is not just focused on producing quality sheep and beef. General manager Jon Brough, assisted by farm manager Kathryne Easton and others, has wide-reaching visions of what the future holds to make the best … Continue reading
Biochar from sawmill waste We have a small woodlot of eucalyptus, black walnut and Australian Blackwood. The trees have not been pruned or thinned recently and there were five large (20m) pine trees overshadowing some areas. Storms and natural die … Continue reading
TL: FAR miscanthus (still too green)TR: baled miscanthus, Co/ MiscanthusNZBL: flame-cap trench productionBR: miscanthus biochar Report Co/ Dennis Enright, BNNZ chair “A plot of mature miscanthus growing at the FAR research centre at Tamahere was offered to BNNZ members to … Continue reading
Dennis Enright reported on some of the background to this project in the first biochar workshop report in August (here). Its great to see some main-stream media coverage in NZ. Click on the image for a link to short TV1 … Continue reading
Dennis Enright produced a report on the May-June biochar workshops soon after the tour was completed. This report was circulated to all participants of the workshops. We are now sharing this post-workshop report as a series of ABE posts. Background … Continue reading