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July 10, 2017

North Coast Biochar is Now Available!

The Redwood Forest Foundation, Inc. (RFFI), a non-profit organization that owns and manages the FSC Certified Usal Forest on the Lost Coast of northern California, is now producing high-carbon, low-ash biochar from surplus tan oak culled during forest restoration activities. Production started on June 1, and this high-quality soil amendment is being marketed under the […]

June 9, 2017

Global Biochar Market Size Expected to Reach $585.0 Million by 2020.

According to a report by Zion Market Research, the global market was valued at approximately USD 260.0 million in 2014 and is expected to reach approximately USD 585.0 million by 2020, growing at a CAGR of around 14.5% between 2015 and 2020. To learn more, go here.

January 10, 2017

Conservation Burn Training/Biochar Workshop Postponed to March 31st

Due to the amazing series of wet storms we have been experiencing we are postponing the upcoming Conservation Burn workshop scheduled to Friday March 31st, same time and place. Please mark it in your calendar. Since burn season doesn’t end until May 1 you will still have plenty of time to burn your own piles […]

December 8, 2016

Conservation Burn Workshop Rescheduled to Jan. 13th

Due to unfavorable burn conditions the Biochar/Conservation Burn workshop scheduled for Dec. 9th has been postponed to January 13th. GO HERE for more information.

September 3, 2016

SEE US AT THE HEIRLOOM EXPO, Sept. 6, 7 and 8!!!

SBI and Sonoma Ecology Center will be having a large double booth presence at the upcoming Heirloom Expo at the Santa Rosa Fairgrounds next Tuesday through Thursday. We will be giving educational workshops on making biochar and how it can be used in agriculture and industry, hands-on bokashi compost making, and you will learn about […]

April 28, 2016

Biochar Demonstration at Shanti Permaculture Farm

Shanti Permaculture Farm is hosting a Biochar Demonstration on Saturday, April 30 at 10:00 AM until 4 PM at 16715 Coleman Valley Road. Admission is $2 for adults, free for kids or adults with an egg carton (which we reuse). Contact Elizabeth Medgyesy for more information: spirit_eliz@yahoo.com

April 21, 2016

Closing the Circle

Closing the Circle: Linked Responses to California’s Critical Environmental Challenges David Morell, PhD California faces three difficult environment-based challenges: continuing water shortages and ever-higher costs; risks of massive forest fires associated with millions of dead trees caused by the drought and its related bark beetle infestation; and ongoing need to increasingly reduce CO2 and other […]

April 5, 2016

USBI 2016 Biochar Conference: Save the Date Aug. 22nd – 25th

The Synergy of Science and Industry: Biochar’s Connection to Ecology, Soil, Food and Energy Registration is now open for what is sure to be a fantastic gathering of scientists, entrepreneurs, farmers, enlightened government officials, energy, soil, and fire geeks, agricultural change agents, NGO’s devoted to sustainable practices and carbon sequestration, backyard biochar tinkerer’s, and folks […]

July 22, 2015

Indigenous Agriculture Classes at Sonoma Garden Park

The Sonoma Biochar Initiative, The Sonoma Ecology Center, Whole Foods Market Sonoma, and Native American educator Cuauhtemoc Villa are collaborating on a series of four free classes on indigenous farming techniques. Held at the Sonoma Garden Park on successive Thursday mornings from 9 A.M. to 10 A.M. (July 16, July 23, July 30, and Aug. […]

July 2, 2015

Sonoma County Biochar Project Workshop and Demonstration

The Sonoma County Biochar Project Presents: Biochar Soil Management and Pasture Benefits A Workshop and Demonstration Date: July 25th, 2015 / Time: 10am to 2pm At Swallow Valley Farm, 1100 Freestone Valley Ford Rd. Valley Ford, CA 94972 For more information, click here.

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