It is great to see regional reports on biochar activity around NZ. Click on the image blow for the link to the story. … Continue reading
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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
Zespri have been kindly supporting our efforts to educate and inform the kiwifruit industry on opportunities related to biochar production and application. They have published a short article in their latest industry magazine (linked from their banner, above). Zespri have … Continue reading
Reviving an ancient soil technology: Biochar Organic Winegrowers NZ have published an article in their latest “organic matters” magazine focused on biochar and supporting the biochar workshop tour coming up next month. All of the workshops are in wine or … Continue reading
Source: Pukekohe charcoal fire event to make biochar on Earth Day | Stuff.co.nz “The Pukekohe Anglican Parish is hosting a charcoal fire event for Earth Day on April 22, as part of the Anglican’s Action Network. The event, held at … Continue reading
Kay from Koanga Institute demonstrates how they are incorporating biochar into a BSF system. I think this system may have come from Dr Paul Olivier in Vietnam. http://epwt.vn/en/home/ … Continue reading
The Australia New Zealand Biochar Conference 2017 took place at Murwillumbah Civic Centre and Showgrounds, NSW, Australia from 10th to 12th of August. Information about the program and presenters is available from the conference website. My overall impression of the … Continue reading
On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Trevor Richards <trevor at soilcarbon.org.nz> wrote: Dear ABE group, Please find below an e-letter I hope you will read and share. A few of you may have been sent this already from … Continue reading
Don Graves is giving a biochar talk during the week of events leading up to KaiFest… Day: Saturday 1 April Time: 3-5pm Location: Te Awhina Marae Description: Biochar is produced by heating wood and other carbon products to high temperatures … Continue reading
Gareth Morgan implies here that in future video they will address C-sequestration options for NZ. If you feel strongly that more effort should put into trialing biochar in NZ agriculture, then please reply to the video with your suggestions. Biochar … Continue reading