Biochar is often overlooked as a soil amendment, but it’s incredibly beneficial for plants and gardens, and it’s easy to make ...

A new study reveals that biochar, a carbon-rich material made from biomass, can fundamentally reprogram how plants and soil microbes interact. By altering both plant root chemistry and the surrounding ...

Wakefield's Biochar Pro Garden Mix, a premium, plant-based biochar product, provides an easy, carbon-negative, and affordable way to improve soil health, reduce watering, and boost plant growth ...

A new study has found that innovative liquid biochar-based fertilizers can significantly increase crop yields, improve nutrient efficiency, and deliver strong economic returns, offering a promising ...

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 ...

How can peanut shell biochar (charcoal-like heated biomass) reshape soil microbes for better crops? This is what a recent study published in Biochar hopes to address as a team of researchers from ...

Simon Kitol’s 25-acre farm in western Kenya teems with maize, tomatoes, and beans, but also an invasive menace: Prosopis juliflora, better known as the mathenge plant. Its long roots steal water from ...

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, ...

While you typically need fertilizer when gardening, charcoal is an effective alternative that serves more functions, too.

A study published in Environmental and Biogeochemical Processes determined that iron-fortified, low-temperature biochar can immobilize per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in contaminated soils.