An otherwise normal-looking grass field in Fruita was set up this week to test a new agricultural practice that, if successful, could save water, improve air quality and sequester carbon in the soil.

A new study reveals that combining biodegradable microplastics with biochar may offer an unexpected solution to one of ...

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STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- For the last decade or so, researchers have been cooking up plans for a material called biochar - a kind of superheated organic charcoal that can be used to help crops grow, ...

The Challenge of Sandy Soils With drylands covering over 40% of the Earth's land area, improving the agricultural potential ...

Biochar traps microorganisms that can sequester carbon emissions in the soil for long periods of time, lessening farmers’ environmental impact. It can also help farmers by holding things like ...

On a warm morning in Polk County, heavy equipment hummed through rows of citrus as a mobile carbonizer known as a “Tigercat” converted trees and grove debris into biochar — a porous, charcoal-like ...

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 ...

After years of back and forth, lawns signs, town meetings, protests, moratoriums and lawsuits- all NYSDEC permits for Saratoga Biochar Solutions have been denied. According to the NYSDEC, they did not ...