Biochar has long been promoted as a climate-friendly soil amendment, but new research suggests that treating it as a one-size-fits-all solution may be limiting its full potential. A new open-access ...

A Yale study finds that combining three low-cost interventions could bring contaminated soils below safety thresholds within ...

Farming produces a huge amount of crop waste, including straw, husks, and stalks every growing season. Unfortunately, common disposal methods—burning, plowing the waste back into the fields, using it ...

WHITE CASTLE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American BioCarbon, a leading producer of biochar for agricultural use and carbon sequestration, announced its successful attainment of Organic Materials Review ...

A growing body of research suggests that biochar, a charcoal-like material made from plant and agricultural waste, could play a major role in improving soil health and supporting more resilient ...

Nick Cuchetti, a farmer and board secretary of Missouri Organic Association, holds biochar at Oaklee Rose Farm in Luebbering, Missouri. Biochar is an organic waste material that can help improve soil ...

How can peanut shell biochar (charcoal-like heated biomass) reshape soil microbes for better crops? This is what a recent study published in Biochar hopes to address as a team of researchers from ...

We often think of agricultural waste, such as crop residues, forestry byproducts, or even manure, as an end-of-the-line byproduct. But what if it were actually a valuable resource? Enter Biochar.

Examples of crops that could be grown in the treated area are saplings of pine and spruce, hay for animal feed or bioenergy crops such as willow trees (salix). The treatment with biochar means that ...

Neumann Kaffee Gruppe and its partners are scaling biochar in Colombia, transforming coffee waste into a super substance ...