- Author: Milton E McGiffen
Steve Feher from Butte Community College in Oroville developed a nice post for the soon-to-be California Biochar Association website. It discusses how he and the students are turning a local waste product, rice hulls, into biochar. He shares it with us in the attached file.
160815 Biomass Gasification and Biochar R
- Author: Milton E McGiffen
The California Climate and Agriculture Network is requesting workshop proposals. The deadline for submitting proposals to CalCAN for the 5th California Climate & Agriculture Summit is Sept. 2nd:
http://calclimateag.org/calcan-summit-2017/
You may find it helpful to look at past Summit programs, here:
http://calclimateag.org/calcan-summits-main-pg/
- Author: Milton E McGiffen
The recently formed California Biochar Association will meet during the US Biochar Conference in Corvalis, OR next week at 6:30 am on Tuesday, August 23. The meeting is in the boardroom at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center. It is mostly a meet and greet, so it if you will be in Corvalis please join us.
- Author: Milton E McGiffen
I hear this all the time from farmers and many others:
http://californiaagtoday.com/farmers-leave-california-due-to-regs/
- Author: Milton E McGiffen
The Turfgrass and Landscape Research Field Day is an annual event that draws several hundred participants. It may be the largest gathering of people interested in turf, and includes vendors, presentations, and visits to field experiments. We will be presenting results at our biochar turf study.
When:
Thursday, September 15, 2016
7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Where:
UC Riverside Turfgrass Research Facility
Department of Agricultural Operations
1060 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Riverside, California 92521
You can find out more and sign up here: