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Kon-Tiki cone kiln
This video has Hans-Peter Schmidt and Dr Paul Taylor demonstrating the Kon-Tiki at the Ithaka Institute in Switzerland. I visited Hans-Peter in Switzerland on 25 July. He was kind enough to take […]
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Applied research in Victoria, Oz
More applied research examples from Australia, “The North East CMA has been working with a range of partners to develop a mobile pyrolysis plant which can turn woody waste into […]
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Mud claims Fieldays victims
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.
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Mike Barton on N-capping
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/ […]
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Backyard Biochar
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
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New Biochar database
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.
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Biochar as feed supplement
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 […]
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Dr. John H Todd – Ecological Design
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. http://vimeo.com/17889930
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RNZ on Carbonscape
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 […]
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TLUD Update – updated
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 […]