Biochar is a new, different tool for soil fertility management.
Biochar isn’t a fertilizer, and doesn't provide plant nutrients,
but instead delivers other critical, valuable services
to support soil structure, plant health and a Soil Food Web.
To understand this new use of an ancient substance,
and to devise effective, integrated ways to use biochar
is a creative challenge with a significant learning curve.
Below are weblinks to resources to start this adventure.
ARTICLES
Carbon Farming
www.dyarrow.org/CarbonFarming
Down the Wormhole
www.terra-char.com/wormhole
Using Biochar in Soil: The 4M’s
www.dyarrow.org/PrepareBiochar
Dr. Norm Baker, PhD
local biochar advocate & researcher, Sequim, WA
www.sierraclub.org/washington/north-olympic/biochar
Biochar in Livestock Farming
NB Weblink
Kelpie Wilson, Biochar Consultant
P.O. Box 1100, Cave Junction, OR
www.wilsonbiochar.com
Using Biochar in Poultry Barns for Nutrient Recovery & Ammonia Mitigation
Biochar for Forest Restoration in Western US
ORGANIZATIONS
US Biochar Initiative
http://biochar-us.org/
not-for-profit promoting sustainable production and use of biochar through research, policy, technology and doing it!
1470 SW Woodward Way, Portland, OR 97225
503-780-8185
International Biochar Initiative
https://biochar-international.org/
formed July 2006 at the World Soil Science Congress by individuals, universities, businesses, investors, NGOs, government agencies to advance research & deployment of biochar technology & strategy
VIDEOS
The Secret of Eldorado: Terra Preta
BBC documentary video, 1 hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Os-ujelkgw
Dirt Rich: The Importance of Biochar
Passelande Pictures, 2018
Living Web Farms biochar videos
How to Make Biochar workshop
Farm-scale Biochar with Bob Wells & Jon Nilsson
Biochar Inoculation with Dan Hettinger
Top Reason Biochar Doesn't Work
Biochar on the Farm
Chimacum Workshop, December 8, 2018
Sleeping Giant Carbon Maker
Interview with Jim Brown of Karr Brothers Biochar
Biochar in the Woods: Ecology, Technology, Logistics</br />
Kelpie Wilson, Biochar Consultant
SUPPLIERS
Karr Brothers Biochar, Onalaska, WA
www.kargroupco.com/
Olympic Biochar, Port Townsend, WA
www.olympicbiochar.com/
Oregon Biochar Solutions, White City, OR
www.chardirect.com/
Pacific Gro
Hydrolysate of fish & shellfish with biochar
www.pacificgro.com