Biochar is often overlooked as a soil amendment, but it’s incredibly beneficial for plants and gardens, and it’s easy to make at home. Created from burned wood and other organic matter, biochar can be ...

As global agriculture struggles to feed a growing population, soils are under increasing pressure. Heavy fertilizer use has degraded soil quality, disrupted microbial ecosystems, and increased ...

Burning trees to help other trees grow? It sounds counterintuitive, but using biochar to improve soil conditions is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Somerset farmer is trialling an innovative underground drainage system using biochar in a bid to protect fragile peat soils ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... You might not think of burying charcoal briquettes in your garden, and you definitely should not do that. But you might consider adding biochar, the ...

Local parks in Cincinnati have been using an ingredient called biochar to help trees grow. They’ve been purchasing it from ...

Biochar removes CO2 from the air, improves soil quality, creates clean energy, and it's surprisingly easy to come by. Shea Gunther is a writer, entrepreneur, and podcaster living in Portland, Maine.

Biochar, a charcoal-like substance made from burning organic materials in a low or zero-oxygen environment, can improve the quality of soil and trap carbon dioxide in the earth for potentially ...