Burnt wood may be able to save the soil — even in Kansas. Trisha Jackson, a professor of physical science at Pratt Community College, wants Kansas farmers to learn an easy-to-use technique to ...

On a site next to a sawmill in Waverly, Virginia, a startup takes sawdust and offcuts from the mill and heats it up to turn it into biochar, a material that can store carbon for hundreds or thousands ...

Peter Hirst has moved to Swallow Valley Farm in Valley Ford, where he is busy setting the scene for what could be the new black gold in Sonoma County. Beginning later this summer, he will start ...

Biochar has been heralded as a solution to a number of agricultural and environmental ills. To get the most benefit from its application, environmental and social circumstances should both be ...

A Canadian researcher is hoping to improve the lives of rural farmers in developing nations by helping them tap into the growing carbon market and reconnect with a technology used to enrich soils in ...

Ellen Moon receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Wendy Timms receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the CO2CRC and the Victorian Government. She is also affiliated ...