Scientists are highlighting biochar, a carbon-rich material produced from biomass, as a promising solution to help soils store carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, offering new hope in global ...

Manure is a reality in raising farm animals. Manure can be a useful fertilizer, returning valued nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium to the soil for plant growth. But manure has problems. Odor ...

Two University of Nebraska–Lincoln scientists, partnering with American Farmland Trust, extension educators and four Nebraska ...

Widespread use of biochar as a soil amendment can reduce carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. Biochar is biomass that has been heated without oxygen. This is called ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

When Beauregard Burgess and three friends decided to start a hog and poultry farm in 2015, they chose an odd location: 20 acres of swampy land on the east side of Homer, Alaska, a coastal hamlet south ...

Researchers have found that most biochar fed to dairy cows survives the digestive process and remains highly stable, meaning it could be applied to ...

MANILA, Philippines — Because of its wondrous benefits, the government and the private sector should jointly harness biochar ...

LAKE CITY — The Missaukee Conservation District is hosting the Renewable Roots Convention on Nov. 18-19. The event hosted at the Timber Wolf Lake Camp at 4909 N. Morey Road will feature experts from ...

Manure is a reality in raising farm animals. Manure can be a useful fertilizer, returning valued nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium to the soil for plant growth. But manure has problems. Odor ...