{"id":7126,"date":"2015-02-06T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T18:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unrbep.org\/?p=7126"},"modified":"2015-02-06T11:47:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T18:47:31","slug":"biochar-black-is-the-new-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/biochar-black-is-the-new-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Biochar&#8211;Black is the new Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biochar<\/strong>\u2014Black is the new <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Green<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarbon farming\u201d\u2014adding a form of charcoal to the mix of soil amendments is currently being tested in laboratories, test plots and field demonstrations across the nation.\u00a0 The carbon is called \u201cbiochar\u201d.\u00a0 Biochar registers in the 80 percent organic carbon range and can be produced from a wide range of forest and agriculture wastes. Why biochar? There are a wide stream of environmental and economic benefits but, most significantly, biochar increases water and fertilizer use efficiency for improved plant growth and greater yields.<\/p>\n<p>There is a unique, symbiotic relationship between the potential markets for biochar and the raw material sources (known as biomass).\u00a0 In Nevada, there are millions of tons of Pinyon\/Juniper, a non-timber forest type.\u00a0 This material is frequently located adjacent to farming regions and, in some areas, is encroaching on those lands.\u00a0 The very presence of Pinyon\/Juniper threatens the ground water sources for the forage crops grown thereon.\u00a0 Removing those trees frequently results in springs and other water resources to begin flowing again.\u00a0 Converting the removed biomass to biochar and using that biochar on the fields as a soil amendment completes the cycle.\u00a0 Plant quality and yield improves, water resources are used more efficiently, and carbon is sequestered\u2014all great outcomes for Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>For an in-depth look at biochar&#8211;what it is, how it is made, how to use it\u2014and, the who\u2014the potential markets for biochar, see the Business Environmental Program\u2019s Biochar Technical paper at:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unrbep.org\/resource-conservation\/woody-biomass-utilization\/biochar-technical-paper\/\">http:\/\/www.unrbep.org\/resource-conservation\/woody-biomass-utilization\/biochar-technical-paper\/<\/a> (additional information is also available on the International Biochar Initiative website,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biochar-international.org\/biochar\">http:\/\/www.biochar-international.org\/biochar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Register for\u00a0our upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/events.r20.constantcontact.com\/register\/eventReg?oeidk=a07eab9bvnqa35ad5cc&amp;oseq=&amp;c=&amp;ch=\" target=\"_blank\">Biochar workshop<\/a> on February 18, 2015!<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biochar\u2014Black is the new Green \u201cCarbon farming\u201d\u2014adding a form of charcoal to the mix of soil amendments is currently being tested in laboratories, test plots and field demonstrations across the nation.\u00a0 The carbon is called \u201cbiochar\u201d.\u00a0 Biochar registers in the 80 percent organic carbon range and can be produced from a wide range of forest &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/biochar-black-is-the-new-green\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Biochar&#8211;Black is the new Green<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7128,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7126\/revisions\/7128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}