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March 9, 2019
Announcing Upcoming Conservation Burn Workshops
In collaboration with The Vineyard Team and the air quality management districts in San Luis Obispo, Monterey, and Santa Barbara counties, we are happy to announce that we will be giving conservation burn workshops in each county on April 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Each workshop will be 4 hours in length and include a lecture […]
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April 16, 2018
Upcoming Biochar Workshop
SBI is offering a 1.5 hour Biochar Workshop this Saturday, April 21st, from 10:30 A.M. to 12 P.M, as part of the Earth Day activities at the Sonoma Garden Park.  Learn about what biochar is, how you can make it yourself or where you can purchase it locally, how to use and apply it, and […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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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