Don’t ask me how this latest use for biochar popped in to my head. I suspect it was a combination of reading this article on the Ithaka Journal which talks about how a dead rat was buried in charcoal and … Continue reading
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For no apparent reason, I seem to have a perverse fascination with sink holes. I’ve never seen one up close nor do I live in an area of the world where they are common. But it seems to me that both … Continue reading
A few days ago, I took my sleepless night idea, the Terra Pee Pad for puppies with small bladders, to the next level and made a V1 prototype pictured above. Making it was fairly simple. I purchased a roll of … Continue reading
Few things are as exciting or exhausting as a new puppy. In my life I can only think of two: raising children and being on the ground floor of the nascent biochar industry. Not satisfied with only two of these … Continue reading
It’s that time of year again when Christmas Trees by the millions have been weaned from their stumps to spruce up homes around the world. Last year in the US alone 24 million trees were sold that were grown on … Continue reading
The notion of ‘waste’ is so last century. In the new century this stuff is pure gold and I believe it could be the cornerstone for making urban areas more sustainable and even regenerative. Waste optimization could also spur innumerable … Continue reading
Outside of farmers, I suspect few people stay up at night pondering what cows actually sleep on. But in the unlikely event that you are one of them, allow me to shed a little bit of light on this topic. … Continue reading
I am a complete and udder (cows roaming around in my brain!) utter newbie to the world of hydroponics so when I toured a hydroponics facility in Western New York this week I was like a kid in a candy store: … Continue reading
Having grown up on a beef farm, I am no stranger to the need to medicate cows but honestly, do we need to sprinkle this stuff into their daily feed rations? A recent study by the John Hopkins Center for … Continue reading
Recently I spoke with a local organic dairy farmer that is interested in testing biochar as a component of the total mixed rations (TMR) that she feeds her lactating ladies. I learned a lot in speaking with her and this … Continue reading