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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.

November 28, 2016

Biochar/Conservation Burn Workshop Coming Up Dec. 9th

The Sonoma Biochar Initiative and the Sonoma Ecology Center are pleased to announce a Conservation Burn and Biochar Workshop at Circle Bar Ranch from 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. on Friday Dec. 9th. For more information, GO HERE.

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 […]

August 5, 2016

Composting workshops at Sonoma Garden Park

Announcing three fantastic composting workshops at the Sonoma Garden Park featuring Cuauhtemoc Villa: – Saturday, August 6th, 10am-12pm: Composting with Bokashi – Saturday, August 13th, 10am–12pm: Making Compost Tea – Saturday, August 20th, 10am-12pm: Reducing Waste: Indigenous Permaculture Practices There is a nominal $10 fee per workshop that helps support activities of the Sonoma Ecology Center. Click here to […]

July 5, 2016

Biochar-Enhanced Chicken Manure Pellets Now Available

In collaboration with Weber Family Farms in Petaluma, The Sonoma Biochar Initiative and Sonoma Ecology Center are now offering buckets of biochar-enhanced chicken manure pellets as thank-you gifts for donations during a special fundraising campaign. The chicken manure is an OMRI-listed organic manure that is high in nitrogen and blended with biochar made from locally-sourced woody biomass. […]

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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