All Posts

June 24, 2012

May 19, 2012

Steven Edholm has published a fascinating collection stories of farmers using charcoal/biochar in Europe and America in the 19th Century.…

May 17, 2012

More than a decade ago now, renowned soil scientist Wim Sombroek (1934-2003) brought to light the impressive performance of dark…

May 7, 2012

  The Sonoma Biochar Initiative (SBI), in partnership with Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District as lead applicant, recently submitted…

May 2, 2012

We would like to thank the following people for joining SBI and helping us to fulfill our mission of education…

April 12, 2012

In a recent letter to Assemblymembers Perez, Blumenfield, Gordon and Feuntes and Senators Steinberg, Leno, Simitian and Kehoe, initiated by…

April 8, 2012

The Sonoma Biochar Initiative (SBI), in collaboration with Dr. Cecile Girardin of the UK Big Biochar Experiment, the Sonoma Valley…

January 9, 2012

We just added three more members to our group: Matt Banchero, a local arborist and biochar enthusiast; Laurie Gallian, Sonoma…

December 20, 2011

We’d like to welcome two new members to the Sonoma Biochar Initiative: Benjamin Colby of Swallow Valley Farm and Charles…

December 20, 2011

11.5 tons of biochar was delivered to the Sonoma Biochar Initiative this cold, December morning. The char is being stored…