https://www.miragenews.com/new-wsu-report-charts-biochar-path-674479/
Biomass to Biochar: Maximizing the Carbon Value. A collaborative effort between individuals from industry, universities and government, has resulted in a report, Biomass to Biochar: Maximizing the Carbon Value. Despite the growing number of studies on biochar, a number of technical, economic and policy barriers have prevented biochar from realizing its full potential. The roadmap proposes strategic investments to address these barriers.
https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=21071
Betting on biochar to drawdown carbon. Investors are increasing interested in companies like Carbo Culture that trust nature to do the job. Henrietta Moon explains how Carbo Culture makes biochar for carbon drawdown, and the exciting new opportunities in climate investment.
Biochar is Egg-zactly what Hawaii needs. To be more food secure, Hawaiian chickens need to lay more eggs. A new facility of about 200,000 chickens sold its first 900 dozen eggs last week. Covered in solar panels, its water comes directly from its own well and the chicken manure is turned into biochar, to be returned as nutrients for farmers across the state.
https://www.ubyssey.ca/culture/Climate-symposium-UBC-2021-part-one/
No more baby steps: How society can adapt to a changing climate. Just under two years after the University of British Columbia Board of Governors declared a climate emergency, researchers convened to share their work. Dr. Mark Johnson’s research focuses on increasing the amount of carbon stored in soil every year through the use of biochar.
https://www.nelsonstar.com/news/west-kootenay-project-blends-agriculture-and-forestry/
Climate Corp Contemplates Carbon for Permaculture. Gregoire Lamoureux of Kootenay Permaculture is teaching young Climate Corp members how to analyze a forest site for growing perennial native berries and herbs. “The permaculture approach is not to clear the land and plant whatever you want,” Lamoureux says, but (work with) what is already there that we want to conserve.” The next step will be learning how to make biochar.
Re-learning self-reliance in Menominee country. Indigenous chefs and their fans reviving native food traditions have discovered biochar in ancient garden beds used to grow flint corn. Pre-colonization, the Menominee lived across central Wisconsin, but when the Menominee were forced off that land and confined to their current territory, a lot of agricultural land was lost.
https://hemptoday.net/working-her-own-farm-helps-keep-cornell-hemp-researcher-grounded/
The wonders of hemp include biochar. Heather Grab is Senior Lecturer at Cornell University’s School of Integrative Plant Science where she teaches and mentors students in the Hemp Science Master’s Program. Biochar is just one of the amazing products she can produce from hemp.