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October 30, 2021
Interest in Biochar is Growing!
The interest in biochar seems to be on a huge upswing lately. We have been retained as consultants on a…
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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…
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March 22, 2013
55 Uses for Biochar
Here is another fantastic article from Hans-Peter Schmidt’s Ithaka Journal: 55 Uses for Biochar Hans-Peter makes a great case for…
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December 14, 2012
California Bill SB-1122: renewable bioenergy procurement
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml;jsessionid=cd36e5138d18004eeb1fc4f367a0?bill_id=201120120SB1122 This bill, signed into law by Gov. Brown on Sept. 27th, requires energy corporations to procure electricity from producers…
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May 19, 2012
19th Century Use of Charcoal/Biochar
Steven Edholm has published a fascinating collection stories of farmers using charcoal/biochar in Europe and America in the 19th Century.…
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May 17, 2012
The Science of Biochar
More than a decade ago now, renowned soil scientist Wim Sombroek (1934-2003) brought to light the impressive performance of dark…
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May 7, 2012
SBI Applies for Conservation Innovation Grant
The Sonoma Biochar Initiative (SBI), in partnership with Southern Sonoma County Resource Conservation District as lead applicant, recently submitted…
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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…
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