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Broad Range of Searchable Biochar Information

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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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Fourth-Generation Dairy Family Powers the Future

The Scott family in 2012 proposed to build a state-of-the-art manure gasification system - based on the Fischer–Tropsch  process from early 20th…
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US Forest Service: Biochar is a Wood Innovation Success Story

Thanks to USBI, Biochar Is a US Forest Service Wood Innovation Success Story
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The Potential for Biochar to Enhance Sustainability in the Dairy Industry

This 24-page white paper on biochar and the dairy industry is authored by the Ithaka Institute and Cornell University.
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Hydroponics Program - Centre for Applied Research and Innovation

Senior research scientist Nick Savidov was the first researcher to suggest using carbonized agricultural by-products known as “biochar” as a…
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Smoke Into Biochar: Safe Burn Practices for Recovering Biochar for Use in Soil and Compost

The top-down pile burning technique is a cleaner burning fire that produces biochar. This guideline gives step-by-step instructions for making biochar…
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Washington State University Pyrolysis and Biochar Publications

Visit this page for an index to a number of high quality biochar research reports and publications by the WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture and…
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Beyond Application Fact Sheet

This is the companion Fact Sheet to the BIOCHAR GUIDELINES FOR AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS document.