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Broad Range of Searchable Biochar Information

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Combined Heat and Biochar Technology Assessment - USBI Report

Combined heat and biochar (CHAB) technologies are systems that optimize the combustion of wood residues.
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Low-tech flame carbonizers for biochar production: Theory and Applications

Biochar is made by applying heat to biomass in the absence of oxygen.
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Biochar and Pesticides

This short summary from the National Pesticide Information Center reviews the effects of biochar on pesticides in soil. Biochar can bind to…
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Soil Carbon Sink

Learn how Biochar Garden Genius, David Yarrow, builds rich garden beds on poor, compacted soils using biochar, minerals and microbes.
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USBI Briefing Paper: Biochar and Western Forests – A Win-Win Solution to Benefit Forest Restoration, Climate, and Sustainable Economies

USBI Briefing Paper: Biochar and Western Forests – A Win-Win Solution to Benefit Forest Restoration, Climate, and Sustainable Economies The Problem:…
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A Survey of Biochars: Interactions with Dissolved Ammonia, Nitrate, and Phosphate

Presented on August 8, 2014, by Edward Colosky - Graduate Student at the U
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Using a Flame Cap Kiln

The Umpqua Biochar Education Team developed flame cap kilns for an NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant.
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Biochar and Blueberries Project with SARE

Rick Mareske and Regina Compernolle operate The Garden at Dogwood Forest, where they grow fruit and vegetables near Kansas City, Kansas.
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Biochar and Livestock

Biochar has many uses, including in the production of livestock.