Dr Peter Winsley’s latest WordPress article on biochar is timely. Hopefully it will draw plenty of discussion there.

A search for ‘biochar’ on Peter’s WordPress page pulls 12 articles since 2019. His connection to biochar advocacy goes all the way back to his 2007 with his much sited paper “Biochar and bioenergy production for climate change mitigation” when he was Director for Strategy Development at MAF. There were very few biochar related publications to refer to in 2007. NZ had an early lead on biochar back then with Dr Peter Read being linked to the origins of the term ‘biochar’ and the creation of NZBRC.

It does feel like we have dropped the ball!