http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/fieldays/10151620/Mud-claims-Fieldays-victims?cid=edm:stuff:dailyheadlines. There is a biochar solution to every problem – A few truckloads spread thinly. A marketing coup for next years event. … Continue reading
The following link has a 40min presentation from Mike Barton that is recommended viewing if you are interested in how nutrient capping may affect future agriculture activities in NZ. http://beeflambnz.com/news-events/News/2013/july/farming-with-nutrient-limits/ An important biochar related take from this presentation is how … Continue reading
Kelpie is on fire with this new website… http://greenyourhead.typepad.com/backyard_biochar/ This is a great followup to previous posts here on biochar production… https://soilcarbon.org.nz/tag/production/ More discussions here … Continue reading
A new biochar research literature database by Jacob Jeffers has been getting a lot of kudos in the biochar community. I’ve added a link to the Links page. … Continue reading
Opinion: Where is agriculture’s place in a low-carbon economy? One important focus area for biochar in NZ is water quality butting up against intensive dairy. Maybe this could be addressed in the future with more research on riparian margin biochar … Continue reading
Recommended viewing. A few missed opportunities in the first half for incorporating biochar applications but about 30min in, Dr Todd starts discussing soil formation and biochar. … Continue reading
RNZ’s Our Changing World has reported on Carbonscape activities at Glenbrook steel mill looking to the potential for the production of ‘bio-coke’. Biochar is briefly mention in association with Carbonscape’s historical development activities. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/2588575/clean-technology … Continue reading
I had an epiphany while running a comparison between a couple of TLUDS at Simon Days about 10 days ago. I’ve been trying to get more char out of my system by raising the afterburner about 50mm above the main … Continue reading
I’m not sure that this link will work for you all… it is an extensive listing of biochar companies on the Biochar Farms & Gardens Linkedin group. You may need to be in the group to access. http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=5835826066865819651&gid=2572380&trk=eml-anet_dig-b_nd-pst_ttle-cn&fromEmail=&ut=3TsEk223-TVC41 2014 Biochar … Continue reading
The European Journal of Soil Science dedicates the January issue to biochar in soils: new insights. See the link bellow, (all the papers are free) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejss.2014.65.issue-1/issuetoc One of the 21 papers has NZ links… … Continue reading