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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>US Composting Council and US Biochar Initiative Sign Memorandum of Agreement</strong></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Portland, Oregon&nbsp; – August 8th 2024 – The US Biochar Initiative (USBI) and the US Composting Council (USCC) are proud to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to establish a formal partnership. This collaboration aims to enhance soil health, water quality, and sustainability through the combined use of compost and biochar.</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The partnership is designed to leverage the strengths of both organizations in achieving shared environmental goals.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Key Areas of Shared Interest</strong></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The USBI-USCC Partnership is built on the following shared goals:</span></p><ol style="margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;padding-inline-start:48px;"><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:decimal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Improve plant health through compost and biochar use as soil amendments;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:decimal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Improve soil structure through compost and biochar use as soil amendments;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:decimal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Improve water quality and water conservation through biochar and compost use as soil amendments;</span></li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:decimal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Reduce soil erosion with biochar and compost use as soil amendments;</span></li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:decimal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Dispose of and use plant waste through the composting and biochar processes to reduce odor, reduce&nbsp; greenhouse gas emissions, sequester carbon, and create valuable materials;</span></li><li style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;list-style-type:decimal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" dir="ltr" aria-level="1"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Promoting the value of biochar and composting to assist in the development of sustainable communities.&nbsp;</span></li></ol><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The programs to be initiated through this Partnership are based on a spirit of cooperation, reciprocity and of mutual benefit to both parties. USBI and USCC wish to seek out opportunities to cross-promote initiatives and campaigns that raise public awareness and inspire individuals and USBI and USCC agree to professional exchanges in various policy, education, and research opportunities.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"A partnership with USBI is a natural fit for the USCC as Compost and Biochar are excellent partner products to improve porosity, increase organic matter, and conserve water.," said Frank Franciosi, Executive Director of the USCC. "This partnership will bolster our mission of promoting composting as an integral component of soil health and organics recycling."</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;" dir="ltr"><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">"This partnership with USCC creates significant biochar market development opportunity, with the potential for composters to integrate biochar into their operations, both by producing biochar as waste management tool and by using biochar to improve the composting process and the quality of the final product," said Myles Gray, USBI Program Director. "By combining our strengths, we hope to drive large-scale advancements in soil health and carbon sequestration, unlocking substantial growth potential for both industries while benefiting farmers and the environment."</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>About USBI:</strong></span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Launched in 2009, US Biochar Initiative (USBI) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the sustainable production and use of biochar in North America through research, policy, technology, and practical implementation. USBI achieves this goal by focusing on education and outreach, technical assistance, development of markets and standards, and special initiatives. USBI implements these through programs and projects in collaboration with companies, governmental agencies, investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, and other non-profits.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br>Contact: <a href="mailto:info@biochar-us.org">info@biochar-us.org</a><br>&nbsp;</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:12pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>About USCC:</strong></span><br><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Established in 1990, The US Composting Council (USCC) is the only national organization in the United States dedicated to the development, expansion and promotion of the composting industry. The USCC achieves this mission by encouraging, supporting and performing compost related research, promoting best management practices, establishing standards, educating professionals and the public about the benefits of composting and compost utilization, enhancing compost product quality, and developing training materials for composters and markets for compost products. USCC members include compost producers, marketers, equipment manufacturers, product suppliers, academic institutions, public agencies, nonprofits groups and consulting/engineering firms.&nbsp;</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><img src="https://biochar-us.org/sites/default/files/2024-08/US%20Composting%20Council%20_Logo_585.jpg" width="585" height="240"></div>
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><h5><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>MEET NASH LEEF, INTERIM PRESIDENT, NEBRASKA BIOCHAR INITIATIVE, AND OWNER FLATWATER BIOCHAR&nbsp;</strong></span></em></h5><hr><p><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>Q1 Please tell us how you became interested in biochar.</strong></span></em><span style="color:#222222;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>LEEF </strong></span></em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Eight years ago, I first worked with biochar on a biodynamic farm outside of Lincoln as an apprentice farmer. The owner was producing biochar from brush in half of a flame cap kiln he created from an old oil drum. I was amazed at how the biochar, produced from on-farm "waste", was being integrated into virtually every farm operation such as poultry bedding, manure compost, as a soil amendment, and in the livestock barn. Where this material would have normally been burned, a valuable product was created instead. This experience sparked my passion for biochar!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><span style="color:#222222;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>Q2 You helped push the City of Lincoln to pursue grant funding for a municipal biochar facility that would capture community waste for use in urban agriculture, stormwater treatment, and other purposes. &nbsp;What spurred Lincoln's interest in a biochar plant?&nbsp;</strong></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>LEEF&nbsp;</strong></span></em><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Thanks to generous support from Oregon Biochar Solutions, nearly 100 tons of biochar were applied in more than a dozen projects across Lincoln and Omaha. These early applications allowed folks at the Lincoln Biochar Initiative to get their hands dirty, build community buy-in, and advance ongoing research at UN-Lincoln and UN-Omaha.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>Q3 What's the Lincoln Biochar Initiative's</strong></span></em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong> </strong></span><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>project status?</strong></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>LEEF </strong></span></em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">It's s</span><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">cheduled for operation next spring and will produce biochar for urban agriculture, stormwater treatment, tree plantings, public gardens, and composting.&nbsp;</span><span style="background:white;color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;">My company, alongside Soil Dynamics -</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:white;color:#222222;float:none;font-size:12.0pt;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background:white;color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">a local composter and waste hauler, have been selected to operate the facility. The Lincoln project is one of three municipal biochar facilities expected to begin operations next year alongside Cincinnati and Minneapolis</span><span style="background:white;color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;">. It is being funded, in large part, by grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the National Forest Service.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><span style="color:#222222;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>Q4 Congratulations on the newly formed Nebraska Biochar Initiative (NEBI)!&nbsp; As interim NEBI president, and owner of Flatwater&nbsp;Biochar, tell us about the top concerns of biochar producers/suppliers/ researchers in your&nbsp;area.</strong></span></em><span style="color:#222222;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>LEEF </strong></span></em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">NEBI will begin serving researchers, producers, and suppliers across Nebraska and the Great Plains by first building an understanding of the biochar industry’s needs. We plan to spend much of our first few months defining priorities and action items, as well as long term goals such as:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><span style="color:#222222;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><span style="color:#222222;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;color:#222222;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Lack of public and regulator/government understanding of biochar and outdated regulation have hampered the use of biochar in composting facilities - despite high interest.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;color:#222222;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Interested parties are struggling to find funding for producing biochar to address our organic waste issue.&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;color:#222222;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Interest has been especially high in areas of the state most impacted by the invasive Eastern Redcedar.</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;color:#222222;line-height:normal;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Nebraska has over half a dozen leading biochar researchers between UN-Lincoln and UN-Omaha, but no entity that has a focus on facilitating industry-researcher collaboration.</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>Q5 How do you hope NEBI will be able to address these concerns/issues?</strong></span></em><span style="color:#222222;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>LEEF </strong></span></em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">From working with folks in the industry across the state and region, I believe that our top priorities should be to:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><span style="color:#222222;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;color:#222222;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Advance biochar education amongst state government bodies and consumers</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;color:#222222;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Advocate for the needs of biochar producers when in discussions with state and local regulators</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;color:#222222;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in;"><p><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Identify funding to expand existing and create new biochar facilities across the state to meet current high demand and address organic waste issues.</span></p><p><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;color:#222222;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Push forward innovative new collaborations between state and local governments and the biochar industry.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;color:#222222;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;tab-stops:list .5in;">Match funding opportunities, local producers, and researcher to create valuable insights into biochar production and application.</li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>Q6 If there are any projects being considered with&nbsp;NE Recycling Council and Nebraska Composting Council, what do these look like?</strong></span></em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>LEEF </strong></span></em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">We are currently planning to jointly host a conference next year with the Nebraska Recycling Council and Nebraska Composting Councils. We are excited to be housed alongside these two organizations as we believe that pyrolysis is an important tool in waste management and organic recycling - turning "waste" into a valuable resource.&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>Q7&nbsp; What challenges have you experienced with carbon markets?&nbsp; Any advice for those who are seeking to qualify for carbon credits?</strong></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;">&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;"><em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><strong>LEEF </strong></span></em><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Carbon markets are complicated and ever changing. We spent a good deal of time finding our niche in the market, as it is currently flooded with, in my view, artificially cheap carbon credits from forestry and tree planting. My two pieces of advice for anyone looking enter the market for the first time or get the highest value for their credits is:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0in;">&nbsp;</p><ol style="margin-top:0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Work with trusted brokers and methodologies. The carbon markets are a burgeoning sector that can be difficult to navigate, but a good partner and methodology will make the process worthwhile.</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;line-height:normal;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-color-alt:windowtext;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;">Share your story. Leveraging your story can be attractive to investors in the market who are looking for stand-out projects to attach to their brand. By crafting your narrative, you may be able to develop a more fruitful relationship with purchasers/investors.</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-ligatures:none;"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p></div>
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Check the latest news from US Biochar Initiative.<br>* Biochar 2024 Conference - Call for Presenters and Posters<br>* British Columbia Biocarbon interview with Phil Marsh<br>* Board Member Highlight - Albert Bates<br>* Biochar Job Posting<br>and more...</p></div>
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>December 2021</p>
<p><em><strong>How did you get started with biochar?</strong></em></p>
<p>I have always been interested in forests and climate change. I grew up in Spokane and loved the outdoors. In college I studied environmental journalism and took graduate level courses at the Yale School of Forestry. But after graduate school I was feeling a strong need to apply the knowledge I learned in the academy to hands on forestry. There seemed to be a big disconnect between the academic world and the realities of implementing regenerative practices on the ground. I purchased undeveloped land here on the San Juan Islands to homestead, and made a big mess felling trees to clear it for a small farm. Some of the local farmers stopped by and said: “What have you done, son?” They were the ones who first told me about biochar. I made a call to Dr. Tom DeLuca, a biochar researcher who taught at the University of Washington at the time, and he ended up working with me and Dr. Si Gao on a series farm biochar trials.</p>
<p><em><strong>Is that collaboration with Dr. DeLuca still going on?</strong></em></p>
<p>Yes. We are just finishing up a project looking at the impacts of biochar on forest soils and the growth characteristics of tree saplings. We have found that biochar improves the water holding capacity of our forest soils and it also reduces the basal respiration rate of soils, which means that the biochar is helping to stabilize the other, more volatile carbon in the soil. We will have a final report out soon.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><em><strong>You have some big biochar forestry projects going on now. How did that come about?&nbsp;</strong></em></p>
<p>We have a great need for fuels reduction to address ongoing drought and wildfire threats in San Juan County. In 2020 the San Juan Islands Conservation District launched the Islands Conservation Corps (ICC) to create and train an ecology workforce. This is hard work, so we need people. What we are doing meets a lot of different conservation objectives such as oak woodland restoration. It also helps protect our communities from wildfire. The electric company, OPALCO, also supports us to clear vegetation along utility corridors, work that we do in partnership with forestry contractor Rainshadow Consulting.</p>
<p><em><strong>What have you been learning?</strong></em></p>
<p>My biggest learning this year has been the art of coordinating people. I am getting to experience this fascinating intersection between environmental science and human psychology. Our crew has done an incredible job of coming together as a community, and it’s a powerful example of how human synergy also fosters the best work in ecology. Our crew balances field time with taking courses at Western Washington University’s College of the Environment, Huxley College. They are studying forest restoration, GIS, biostatistics and things like that. We had 70 applicants for the program and chose only 10. The students get a stipend and 20 free college credits. With this program, they are gaining many valuable skills in chainsaw work, burning practices, planting, riparian zone restoration, all in coordination with their academic coursework. &nbsp;We are bridging that gap between the university and the field.</p>
<p><em><strong>What techniques are you using to make biochar in the woods?</strong></em></p>
<p>We use the Conservation Burn technique. We make standard size burn piles, about 5 feet in diameter. By next year we will have as many as 1,500 piles on different preserves across San Juan County.&nbsp;&nbsp;We light them on the top to get a good flaming combustion going that reduces smoke. Then, we put out the coals at the end to save the char. We have a 1,300-gallon water truck and we use a combination of spraying water and raking. For very remote sites we have five-gallon backpack pumps. One backpack pump can extinguish two piles.&nbsp;</p>
<p><em><strong>What’s coming up next for you?</strong></em></p>
<p>Next year the ICC program will launch a Master of Arts in Ecological Restoration from Huxley College, so we have opportunities for more research. We are excited to formalize more research in conservation burn practices, and develop a replicated treatment system to get reliable data. &nbsp;We will try separating size classes, different densities, and using a teepee style construction with different angles. We want to weigh some feedstocks so we can get an estimate of biochar production efficiencies. We are also working with DNR to document our practices so that DNR can specify Conservation Burn as a practice. This could lead to reduced permitting costs over conventional burns for those who use the practice.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Read more about Kai Hoffman-Krull and the Islands Conservation Corps here:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><a href="https://fireadaptednetwork.org/forest-biochar-production/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=forest-biochar-production" style="color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline">https://fireadaptednetwork.org/forest-biochar-production/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=forest-biochar-production</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:start"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Hear more from Kai at the USBI Biochar in the Woods Online Workshop on January 27, 2022. Register here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biochar-in-the-woods-learn-how-to-use-biochar-for-forest-resilience-tickets-207366166787" style="color:#954f72; text-decoration:underline">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/biochar-in-the-woods-learn-how-to-use-biochar-for-forest-resilience-tickets-207366166787</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>USBI board member Kathleen Draper is in Scotland this week for the COP 26 Climate Meeting. Listen to this October 15 podcast interview of Kathleen by David Lee Butler. Kathleen previews the COP meeting and expounds on her favorite subject: the multitude of applications for biochar materials.</p>
<p>In addition to serving on the board of the US Biochar Initiative,&nbsp;Kathleen Draper is also&nbsp;the chair of the International Biochar Initiative, the director of the Ithaka Institute for Carbon Intelligence and she’s the owner of Finger Lakes Biochar. She&nbsp;has co-authored three books on biochar.</p>
<p>Click here to listen to this short interview:</p>
<p><a href="https://howtostopclimatechange.com/biochar-kathleen-draper/" target="_blank">https://howtostopclimatechange.com/biochar-kathleen-draper/</a></p>
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Q</strong> What got you started with biochar?</p>
<p><strong>A</strong> I grew up on a dairy farm in Iowa. When I was young, my father started a cattle breeding and genetics business offering artificial insemination services to other farmers. I headed off to college, but two years later, my dad was injured and couldn’t work, so I came home to help with the business. Eventually, I took over the business and built it up to become the largest independent beef genetics company in the US and sold the business in 1999. I became a real estate broker here in Missouri until the 2008 slump and was having lunch with a friend who knew I was looking for an alternative. “Biochar,” he said, “is an up and coming thing.” He was an engineer working on emissions from charcoal kilns, which is a big industry in Missouri. He knew the value of carbon and that I was interested in soil. It sounded&nbsp;interesting so I spent a few months doing research and trying biochar out in my garden soil. I could see the value of it with my own eyes, and I got hooked.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Q</strong> What was your first step to build your biochar business?</p>
<p><strong>A </strong>I started going to Mother Earth News fairs and similar events and sold buckets of biochar. The organic farming community were the first farmers to recognize the benefits. Early on, I was fortunate to meet David Yarrow, a leader in the organic farming movement in New York. We integrated biochar into the organic farming world. Other groups that really understand the value of soil carbon are our Amish and Mennonite farmers. High-value horticulture growers crops also get it.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Q</strong> What products do you offer now?</p>
<p><strong>A</strong> Our registered brand is called Terra-Char and we source the biochar very carefully to maintain high quality. All of our trademarked Terra-Char products have a minimum of 76% fixed carbon. Terra Char products come in five-gallon buckets, 1.66 cubic yard totes and bulk semi-truck-loads. We have 1-2 cubic foot bags coming soon. We also distribute soil amendments that work really well with biochar - humates, rock dust and organic nitrogen.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Q</strong> What's your approach to get farmers to try biochar?</p>
<p><strong>A</strong> We start by selling them enough to try in their gardens and orchards. They can see the value there, and then they can integrate it into their farmland. We spend a lot of time on the phone helping clients understand how to apply biochar effectively so that it pays for itself in the first year. For every successful customer we get, we know we will get another one – or three. Word of mouth works with farmers.</p>
<p><strong>Q</strong> What other biochar markets are you getting into?</p>
<p><strong>A</strong> We're doing a lot with water filtration, storm<br>
water, and bioremediation. We sell biochar to large composting operations and it really improves their product. We also work with CAFO (Confined Animal Feed Operations) farms that see a lot of benefit using biochar in bedding to control ammonia and retain nitrogen in composted manure. Again, it's the smaller independent farmers who will try this. It's not easy for big corporate franchise CAFO operations to change their practices. Biochar in animal feed has a good future, currently in the early adoption phase.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Q</strong> We find that most of the biochar production is in the northwest and southeast, where the wood products industry is concentrated. But most of the end users are in the midwest where you are. How are you addressing this gap?</p>
<p><strong>A</strong> I started another company called Energy Americas Solutions to provide combined heat and biochar (CHAB) equipment. There are a lot of small sawmills scattered around the Midwest that have woody residuals to burn and a need for heat to dry lumber. We work with equipment manufacturers to identify the best technologies and then represent those technologies to customers. If they buy equipment from us, we can often provide off-take agreements for the char and help them develop local markets. There is lots of good biochar territory in the midwest to open up!</p>
<p><strong>Q </strong>What’s next for you?</p>
<p><strong>A </strong>We are getting interested in carbon credits for biochar. I’m still trying to learn how it works but it could have a lot of potential. People are too complacent about the future. The heat waves we are experiencing are starting to have a real impact. Biochar is the right thing for the planet and people. It can help provide us with food and energy security. People need to make the effort to understand it. My personal goal is to keep building this business so it is attractive to younger people who can take it over and make it an even bigger success.</p>
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><b>CONSISTENCY AND FOCUS LEADS TO SUCCESS</b></p>
<p><strong><em>How did you get into the biochar business?</em></strong></p>
<p>My brother, while working on his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Missouri (UM) in the late 90s, used biochar to absorb radioactive isotopes. My father, a UM Professor of Chemical Engineering was also researching biochar properties in the early 2010s. So, my family has known about some of the interesting properties of biochar for quite some time.&nbsp;</p>
<p>We also did some of our own experiments with soil – I had an area in my yard where grass would not grow – and we found that biochar really helped. After I used it, the grass started growing really well. Biochar is not a miracle product but my eyes were wide open when I saw how well it worked for me. My professional background is in marketing. My thought was, I can sell this stuff! This is a simple material with many beneficial uses.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong><em>How did you go about getting a supply of biochar to sell? What were your biggest challenges?</em></strong></p>
<p>The biggest challenge was finding a consistent product. Biochar can have variable properties, and in order to scale up we had to find a high quality, high volume supplier of biochar with consistent properties. We tried samples from all over the country and invested a lot in testing and finding qualified testing labs. Most of the labs we are working with are still in a learning mode on biochar. The cost of freight is another big challenge.</p>
<p><strong><em>You just received FSC certification for Wakefield Biochar. How important is that to you?</em></strong></p>
<p>It is very important. Wakefield Biochar is the first biochar product to be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, the gold standard of sustainable forestry certifications. Our goal is to paint the larger picture of what biochar can do. It’s not just about soil. It’s also about sustainability and making use of a waste stream that would normally sit in a landfill.</p>
<p><strong><em>What will it take for you to get to the next level of biochar market penetration and sales?</em></strong></p>
<p>We have done really well with our retail products – we offer several different biochar amendments and biochar-based soil blends. The last few years we have spent preparing our company to scale up responsibly. That hard work has already started to pay off in 2021. We are very thankful for the work that the biochar community has done to educate the public. People now know about the benefits and they want to try it. As the demand for biochar grows, we are prepared with our distribution plans. It is also critical that consumer information continue to grow. We offer a lot of educational resources on our site, and we want to do more. The new USBI Biochar Learning Database is a great resource that we are now including on our website at WakefieldBiochar.com.<br>
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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">PACIFIC BIOCHAR LANDS FIRST BIOCHAR CARBON CREDITS IN US</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="text-decoration:none">Pacific Biochar recently became the first company in the US to certify biochar for carbon credits. How did you make that happen?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">The process of accomplishing one of the</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://pacificbiochar.com/first-biochar-carbon-credits/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip:none">first successful certified biochar carbon credit projects</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> in the US began years ago, involved the efforts of many, and required hard work and perseverance. The fact that</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://pacificbiochar.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip:none">Pacific Biochar</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> happened to be the company to carry the baton across the finish line is perhaps due to a little bit of luck, and also, as my friend Jonah Levine, CEO of Biochar Solutions, Inc.&nbsp; put it, “vision and grit.”&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">On November 18, 2020 the first facility in North America was certified, and on November 30 the first credits were sold.&nbsp; To make this possible, there first had to be a methodology for calculating carbon sequestration&nbsp; and a trusted method for accurately predicting the stability of any given sample of biochar.&nbsp; After about a decade and a few thousand peer reviewed research articles, plus the combined efforts of a range of governmental and non-governmental international groups and some forward-thinking industry pioneers (e.g.,</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://puro.earth/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#1155cc"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip:none">Puro</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> and</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.carbonfuture.earth/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#1155cc"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip:none">Carbonfuture</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">), a biochar carbon accounting methodology was finally accepted as mature enough to become active in voluntary markets.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="text-decoration:none">Are any other North American biochar producers working on this?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Almost simultaneously, another California company, </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.carboculture.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#1155cc"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip:none">Carbo-Culture</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">, was also working on registering their pilot facility for biochar carbon credits.&nbsp; It appears that Pacific Biochar may have beaten them to the punch by a matter of days – essentially irrelevant in the scheme of things – and a great sign that the efforts are repeatable with a variety of equipment and a variety of platforms. Carbo-Culture’s first credits are with Puro, while Pacific Biochar’s credits are with Carbonfuture.&nbsp; For Pacific Biochar, the process of reaching this milestone began nearly a year prior.&nbsp; Pioneering the process is never easy, but it is anticipated that future projects can be certified start to finish more quickly.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="text-decoration:none">What are the steps that a biochar producer needs to take to certify biochar for carbon credits?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">For other biochar producers looking to get started on this path, here is brief checklist of critical items you will need:&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2; margin-left:48px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">●</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Lab reports confirming the biochar is safe for use and with known permanence</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2; margin-left:48px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">●</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">A third party Life Cycle Analysis and/or detailed accounting of:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2; margin-left:96px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">○</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">feedstock characteristics and sourcing,</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2; margin-left:96px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">○</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">emissions associated with feedstock procurement, transportation, and processing</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2; margin-left:96px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">○</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">emissions associated with biochar production</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2; margin-left:96px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">○</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">energy consumption and energy generation balances of production</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2; margin-left:96px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">○</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">post-pyrolysis processing emissions, transportation, and packaging if any</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2; margin-left:96px"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">○</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:6.999999999999999pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">ongoing confirmation of sequestration (i.e invoices and contracts confirming it was not/will not be burned)</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="text-decoration:none">What is the most important thing for readers to take-away from this news?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Two things: 1.) financially support the USBI and IBI, their work makes this possible; and&nbsp; 2.) in order to scale at the pace required to balance our planet’s CO2 budget before it’s too late,</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://pacificbiochar.com/biochar-carbon-credits/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#0563c1"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="text-decoration-skip:none">commitments for purchase</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:12pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"> of carbon credits are needed – it’s a runway we need for liftoff.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:700"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none"><span style="border:none"><span style="display:inline-block"><span style="overflow:hidden"><span style="width:582px"><span style="height:328px"><img height="328" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/SuBAdfgODU-YcNbRm8Z5T_GwZEBwVDSlGjJ4Ed5nKPg5yVqB4dAdYNO1SmibezIZJQojwqEacor4Bx-6U2vthPAikqlrossjLqE_AtT40BnJP37fjbo1g8T4YHABDHF0-AEUaSsO" width="582"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.2"><span style="font-size:11pt; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; font-variant-position:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">Biochar made by Pacific Biochar on its way to carbon sequestration in soil. Photo: Pacific Biochar</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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