JOHN DAY, Ore. — Giant mounds of what appears to be black powdery charcoal or crushed pencil lead lie piled outside a towering industrial plant built in recent years on the Malheur Lumber property in ...

Comparison with the control plant (microscopy on the left) reveals that symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi is stronger when tomato seedlings are fertilized with biochar based on wheat straw (center).

What is biochar? Biochar is wood chips that go through a process called pyrolysis, basically burning without much oxygen to produce wood charcoal. So biochar is another name for charcoal when not used ...

Rosy Soil expands nationwide in Target, giving more home gardeners an option for climate-friendly, nutrient-rich houseplant ...

Soil pollution from pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and industrial chemicals is a growing threat to global food security and public health. With nearly 80 percent of agricultural soils containing traces ...

On a site next to a sawmill in Waverly, Virginia, a startup takes sawdust and offcuts from the mill and heats it up to turn it into biochar, a material that can store carbon for hundreds or thousands ...

MOREAU, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Last week, the town of Moreau made a decision on a proposed fertilizer plant that has sparked no shortage of pushback from town residents. Now, it’s official: Saratoga Biochar ...

On Thursday, the Clean Air Action Network of Glens Falls, Inc. (CAAN) announced the filing of a petition against the Town of Moreau Planning Board, as well as Northeastern Biochar CEO Raymond Apy. The ...

Advocates and opponents remain at odds over a proposed fertilizer plant in Moreau in the wake of new federal guidelines on PFAS chemicals. Saratoga Biochar Solutions’ $83 million proposed facility ...

Lynchburg-based Restoration Bioproducts LLC will invest $5.8 million and build Virginia’s first biochar production facility in Sussex County, creating five jobs and purchasing 34,560 tons of ...