Stunning results and always good science coming from Hans-Peter’s work. It may not represent NZ industrial agriculture but there is a lot to learn from this short video. http://sea-biochar.blogspot.my/2015/10/farm-scale-biochar-production-biochar.html Hans-Peter summarizes his recent work in Nepal which covers simple biochar … Continue reading
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Must watch video if you are interested in biochar as an animal feed or innovative pathways for biochar to pastoral soils. The video rolls straight into a 2nd, more detailed look at Doug Pow’s work with biochar. My thanks to … Continue reading
I’m sure we can learn a lot about how to establish a forestry based biochar project from this work in the USA. It would be good to get some feed-back from NZ foresters and farm-forest groups on what is shown … Continue reading
After the previous video from Glenn, this positive biochar story is light relief. It highlights some great opportunities for NZ dairy farms to move toward sustainable farming practices. We’ve seen previously that standoff pads and herd homes are becoming important … Continue reading
If Glenn MacIntosh does not scare you in this 30mins then you are a fairly hard core climate change sceptic. We have a frightening and depressing outlook based on his review and my assessment of human nature. But I hear … Continue reading
You’re going to need to invest an hour for this presentation but it is very relevant to our current year of the soils. It is a well presented and informative journey… and does lead to biochar. … Continue reading
I’m about to post 4 video presentations that have caught my eye recently. The first is from Dr Hugh McLaughlin – very informative 10min on biochar production fundamentals and carbon farming. … Continue reading
My first post for 2015 is depressing and scary but Albert offers hope from 24mins… … Continue reading
2015 will celebrate International year of Soils. And did you know that World Soil Day was 5 December… “The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2015 the International Year of Soils. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the … Continue reading
What do NZ and Belgium have in common? Both countries are talking about Shit. But the stories are very different with the Belgium article much more positive and it includes biochar. From Gareth Morgan… Is New Zealand heading up shit creek? “Holy … Continue reading