Carbon coating gives Biochar its garden-greening power
For more than 100 years, biochar, a carbon-rich, charcoal-like substance made from oxygen-deprived plant or other organic matter, has...
Bushfood farmer uses Biochar to combat salinity
This article is about "a West Australian bushfood grower [who] is praising heavy use of Biochar to be the saviour of her highly saline...
Whole-farm biochar system boosts productivity, stores carbon, cuts inputs and emissions
"Manjimup [Western Australia] farmer Doug Pow has discovered how to store carbon in the soil, reduce methane emissions from his cattle...
Peter Cundall: organic charcoal good for your greens
"...Last autumn, a friend tried mixing pulverised charcoal into a compost heap so it would absorb most of the nutrients released by the...