An Explosion of Biochar Related Webinars!

by Kathleen Draper (United States Biochar Initiative) ... This year, that void was filled to overflowing from many different organizations hosting a wide variety of biochar presentations, forums, and continuing education credit opportunities. Most of these are recorded presentations and are now available for free. Several worth watching include:

The US Forest Service hosted a series of eight webinars on a wide variety of topics including: what is it, production technologies, economics and several more. Mostly these were presented by US Forest Service employees that have been working with biochar for many years. (There were a few exceptions including one I gave on Innovative Products.)

The Scaling Biochar Forum, held in mid-October, was a two-day event aimed at educating investors and philanthropists about the growing number of opportunities and funding needs within the biochar industry.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County hosted four November webinars thanks to funding from Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education (SARE). Topics included: Biochar Basics; Science Behind Biochar; Ornamental Nursery Applications; and Landscape Applications of Biochar.

Thermochemical Conversion & Biochar workshop hosted virtually by the Rochester Institute of Technology was aimed at educating New York State policymakers, farmers, investors and more. The full recording is here and an overview of the event found here.

National Biochar Week Biochar progress and prospects were discussed in 46 presentations during National Biochar Week in December. Presentations are posted here READ MORE