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 ...

Biochar as a material is not novel. It has been produced by humans for more than 2,000 years. But churning out the material ...

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 ...

Biochar is a high-carbon, fine-grained residue that is produced via pyrolysis. Image by K.salo.85 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Biochar is a high-carbon, fine-grained residue that is produced via pyrolysis ...

Why Gardeners Swear by Biochar — And How You Can Make Your Own originally appeared on Dengarden. It's possible you've heard of biochar or know someone who uses it, but if you're reading this, then you ...

Living wall systems, vertical structures where plants grow on building facades, are increasingly used to reduce energy demand, improve air quality, and bring nature into dense urban areas. A new ...

Floyd-based SWVA Biochar LLC, an absorbent charcoal producer, will invest $2.6 million to increase its Floyd County operations’ capacity, a project expected to create 15 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin ...

Minneapolis is on track to become one of the first U.S. cities to invest in biochar, a multifunctional, charcoal-like material said to help grow bigger plants, reduce storm water runoff and remove ...

Cadmium contamination in agricultural soils is a growing global concern, threatening food safety, crop productivity, and human health. New research shows that not all biochars work the same way and ...

In the quest for climate solutions, Pat Jones, the president of Clean Maine Carbon, is among the Maine entrepreneurs banking on this charcoal-like substance. They say it can bind up carbon for decades ...