Soil health

Biochar Increases Plant Survival

Read case studies in how biochar improved plant survival rates, boosted yeilds, and saved money. Sandy soils particularly benefitted from biochar.

Digital version of the USBI Biochar In Compost Fact Sheet created in 2022

Improve compost and save money.

Biochar in New York State: Benefits and Challenges Moving Forward

In this 48-minute film from NHK World Japan, learn how carbon farmers Gabe Brown in the US, Toshimichi Yoshida in Japan, and others are taking action against the climate crisis by employing regenerative agriculture or carbon farming.

Learn how Biochar Garden Genius, David Yarrow, builds rich garden beds on poor, compacted soils using biochar, minerals and microbes.

The Great Lakes Biochar Network aims to be a centralized hub for biochar information relevant to the Great Lakes region. This website offers articles, publications, videos, human resources and a webinar series on biochar topics.

Thanks to USBI, Biochar Is a US Forest Service Wood Innovation Success Story

Johannes Lehmann, School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell University, Soil and Crop Sciences, is leading a revolution.

Dr Brandon R Smith, National Program Coordinator for the US Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) National Soil Health Division, discusses biochar in relation to current NRCS policy in this presen