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February 20, 2026
Webinar to Present FInal Results: Emissions Testing for Flame-Cap Kilns & Conservation Burns Vs Standard Open Burn Piles
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April 6, 2013
2013 Citizen Science Project Launches April 20th
Help us explore how biochar works in local soils using your personal, community, or school garden. Biochar has been shown in lab tests and scientific field trials around the world to be beneficial for soil health and plant production, and we want to test it in Sonoma County and the Bay Area. The project is […]
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March 23, 2013
Biochar Effects on Vineyards in Europe
Though this article discusses the 2011 growing season in Europe, it is highly topical and relevant for our own North Bay wine growing region. This piece is also from Hans-Peter Schmidt’s Ithaka Journal. Thank you Hans-Peter and associates for all of your great work! 2011 European Vineyard Field Trial Results I have two pdf’s that […]
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February 6, 2013
New Biochar Article from Hans-Peter Schmidt
Here is an excellent article from European vineyard grower Hans-Peter Schmidt, a highly respected writer, farmer, and biochar enthusiast who has been doing great work on biochar’s effects in vineyards for a number of years.
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April 12, 2012
SBI Advocates Cap and Trade Investments in Biochar for Agriculture
In a recent letter to Assemblymembers Perez, Blumenfield, Gordon and Feuntes and Senators Steinberg, Leno, Simitian and Kehoe, initiated by CalCAN, the California Climate and Agriculture Network, the Sonoma Biochar Initiative (SBI) urged that biochar, a climate response tool and a material to benefit agriculture, be considered for investment under the cap-and-trade fee revenue that […]
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April 8, 2012
SBI Biochar Citizen Science Project
The Sonoma Biochar Initiative (SBI), in collaboration with Dr. Cecile Girardin of the UK Big Biochar Experiment, the Sonoma Valley High School Earth Club, The Sonoma Ecology Center, and Sonoma Compost Company, is spearheading a Biochar Citizen Science Project to gather data on the use of biochar in local gardens. You can check out out […]
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