Improve your soil by making biochar in the ground. DIY biochar enhances nutrient availability and also enables soil to retain nutrients longer. Last year, I committed one of the great sins of ...

Farmers scorch weeds, husks and other biomass to create biochar, then tuck it into the soil to boost crop yields and lock that carbon out of the atmosphere.

Soil fertility is the foundation of sustainable agriculture, ensuring healthy crop growth and long-term productivity. By using natural methods farmers can enhance soil health while reducing dependence ...

These in-situ vermicomposts are beautifully clean, self-contained systems that need little or no maintenance and provide ...

Once burned, biochar can then be added to degraded soil, which it improves by helping it “retain water and nutrients,” per Forbes. The resulting effect can lead to potentially better crop ...

The inclusion of biochar helps the plant retain essential ... Soil for a Fiddle Leaf Fig The fiddle leaf fig prefers a soil mix that won’t compress or pack down but still has enough structural ...

Minneapolis this spring will begin construction on a city-owned biochar facility — a furnace that turns wood scraps into a ...

To move the technology forward, scientists at Stanford are trying to come up with more accurate measurements, for how much greenhouse gas is really being stored and how long the biochar lasts.

The black, charcoal-like substance holds onto a lot of the carbon in the organic matter it's made from, and can be added to soil to make it healthier. (Claire Palmer/CBC) Biochar is made through a ...