What is the 4 per 1000 initiative?
The 4‰ Initiative, launched by France, sets out to bring together all willing contributors in the public and private sectors (national governments, local and regional government, companies, trade organizations, NGOs, research facilities, and others) under the framework of the Lima-Paris Action Agenda (LPAA).
The aim of the Initiative is to demonstrate that agriculture, and agricultural soils in particular, can play a crucial role where food security and climate change are concerned.
Based on robust scientific evidence, the Initiative therefore invites all partners to declare or to implement practical programs for carbon sequestration in soil and the types of farming methods.
The goal of the Initiative is to engages stakeholders in a transition towards a productive, resilient agriculture, based on a sustainable soil management and generating jobs and incomes, hence ensuring sustainable development.
]]>The use of socks and Biochar is being adopted more and more as an inexpensive and sustainable method for cleaning water in existing structures. Kennedy Jenks, is on the cutting edge of this use of Biochar. For more information about their services, visit www.kennedyjenks.com for water filtration tips and recommendations.
For more information about ordering socks, contact Biochar Supreme, LLC at (360) 927-9974 or email info@biocharsupreme.com
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Soil scientist, Philip Small and Sustainable Obtainable Solutions Executive Director will be discussing:
What is biochar? Where does it come from? What does it do? How is it used? How is biochar made? What’s the science behind it? What feedstocks work?
Venues and Dates:
Metaline Falls - Cutter Theatre, April 16th 7:00-8:30pm. Newport - PUD Room, April 17th 7:00-8:30pm Cusick - Camas Center, May 13th 6:00-7:30pm Metaline Falls - Cutter Theatre, April 30th 7:00-8:30pm. Newport - PUD Room, May1st 7:00-8:30pm Cusick - Camas Center, May 27th 6:00-7:30pm
Let’s explore opportunities to convert waste biomass into valuable products. Biochar will be the focus as community leaders and citizens collaboratively determine if, how and where we can recycle biomass waste into marketable products and renewable energy.
For more details feel free to contact Gloria Flora at ask_us@biochar-us.org or cell 406-459-3486.
www.biochar-us.org, or Facebook: Biochar-NE Washington Biochar
]]>Columnist Spencer Bath talks about biochar's "limitless possibilities left to the individual indoor grower to experiment and development" and recommends all indoor growers give it a try, tailoring it to their own specific needs.
With our product, you won't need more than a 10% application rate with your other amendments and/or soil.
Here is a link to his article.
We got a lot of positive feedback from retailers at Max Yield's Indoor Gardening Expo in Tacoma, Washington this week. High quality biochar is really catching on in this market with tremendous results!
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At this event, Washington State University published a comprehensive review of composting practices and highlighted that an application rate of just 3% of biochar with the properties of Black Owl Biochar's Environmental Ultra, can boost the metabolism of compost, offset odors, add aeration, synergistically work with the compost, reduce need for more amendments and add value to the compost.
An abridged PDF of this study can be found here. Biochar Supreme, LLC is working with some of the largest composting companies to improve the quality of their mixes, reduce odors and synergistically work to remediate the environment.
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The company's President & CEO, Renel Anderson spoke at the conference about registering biochar products and the critical involvement of product testing and various governing agencies governing the label parameters involved for each state.
She also finished the conference with an "ignite talk" about her peony experiment.
Top international soil and chemical scientists attended and spoke, as well as biochar manufacturers, environmental engineers, organic farmers, politicians, students and other enthusiasts about international successes using biochar in rural and urban agriculture.
We look forward to 2014's symposium!
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