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Broad Range of Searchable Biochar Information

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The Devil is in the Process: Co-composting Biochar Could Benefit Crop Growth and the Environment

Biochar has the potential to sequester carbon and improve the properties of soils when used as an agricultural amendment.
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How to Use Biochar in Compost

The Umpqua Biochar Education Team developed techniques for using biochar in composting for
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Combined Heat and Biochar Technology Assessment - USBI Report

Combined heat and biochar (CHAB) technologies are systems that optimize the combustion of wood residues.
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Feasibility Assessment of Dairy Biochar as a Value‐Added Potting Mix in Horticulture and Ornamental Gardening

This short paper from Cornell researchers summarizes costs and benefits of converting dairy manure to biochar. 
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Scaling Biochar Forum October 13&14, 2020

This Webinar series organized by the Sonoma Biochar Initiative and the California Biochar Association took place over two mornings on October 13 and…
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Carbon Farming - A Climate Solution Under Our Feet

In this 48-minute film from NHK World Japan, learn how carbon farmers Gabe Brown in the US, Toshimichi Yoshida in Japan, and others are taking action…
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A Survey of Biochars: Interactions with Dissolved Ammonia, Nitrate, and Phosphate

Presented on August 8, 2014, by Edward Colosky - Graduate Student at the U
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Growing native plants with biochar

Scientists with the US Forest Service are evaluating two ways to use biochar to improve growth of native plants: coating seeds with biochar and adding…