Charcoal is a common soil amendment, but different types provide different benefits, from improved drainage to decreasing the amount of bacteria in the soil.

This garden material doesn't directly add nutrients to soil. Instead, it helps keep the nutrients present for longer and makes them more accessible to plants.

Agriculture advisers are encouraging farmers to explore the option of placing biochar on their fields to help improve soil ...

A decade-long field study has revealed that biochar, a charcoal-like material made from plant residues, can significantly ...

Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Soil Science recently found that this agricultural waste can ...

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 ...

Biochar, made from plant waste, can restore carbon in fragile pasture soils, boost fertility, and support climate resilience.

Excessive use of fertilizers has fueled global food production, but it has also left behind a serious problem: nitrate ...

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Whereas offsetting emissions by paying to plant trees is somewhat precarious because those forests can be lost to wildfires, biochar is more durable — it can persist in soil for millennia. Biochar is ...