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March 23, 2013

Though this article discusses the 2011 growing season in Europe, it is highly topical and relevant for our own North…

March 22, 2013

Here is another fantastic article from Hans-Peter Schmidt’s Ithaka Journal: 55 Uses for Biochar Hans-Peter makes a great case for…

February 27, 2013

Announcing our first-ever COMMUNITY MEETING on Wednesday evening, March 13th, 2013 at the Sonoma Valley Grange Hall, from 6:30 P.M.…

February 6, 2013

Here is an excellent article from European vineyard grower Hans-Peter Schmidt, a highly respected writer, farmer, and biochar enthusiast who…

December 8, 2012

With our successful national conference now behind us, SBI’s Advisory Board has been hard at work developing strategies to build…

June 24, 2012

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…