Learn a new simple method to manage burn piles and make biochar, a useful soil amendment. By replacing conventional open burn methods with the top-down conservation burn you can significantly reduce emissions (visible smoke and invisible chemicals and particles)...
A new biochar production unit – known as an Adam Retort – will be demonstrated at Swallow Valley Farm in Valley Ford on November 6th, to educate the agricultural community about this technology, which can increase soil fertility and crop yields while conserving water....
By Kendall Fields/Sonoma Index-Tribune Staff Writer Earlier this month, the Sonoma Ecology Center and its partners received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and additional funds from the Sonoma County Water Agency to launch a biochar...
