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I'll be live tweeting as many sessions as I can! #biochar https://twitter.com/BiocharWeek/status/1335725873559814144
Kicking off w/ 
@trmiles speaking on behalf of @USBiochar.
- Never heard this before "we can responsibly harvest 1 billion tons of biomass per year." If you were able to do that, you could make 250M tons of biochar, which would sequester about 625M tons of CO2e.
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@trmiles speaking on behalf of @USBiochar. - Never heard this before "we can responsibly harvest 1 billion tons of biomass per year." If you were able to do that, you could make 250M tons of biochar, which would sequester about 625M tons of CO2e.
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In China - 62 companies companies making 600,000 tons of biochar based fertilizers annually.
Wow.
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Wow.
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Tom is running through all the wonderful things you can do with biochar - highlighting companies that do the work. I'll trying to post pictures here.
A few mentioned here: @PacificBiochar, @cookswelljikos, @use_biochar, @mirimichigreen, @CarbonGold and so many more
A few mentioned here: @PacificBiochar, @cookswelljikos, @use_biochar, @mirimichigreen, @CarbonGold and so many more
Next up: Greg Moller from @uidaho on "Biochar and Biden" and his work on biochar water treatment.
What are the opportunities in working with President-Elect Biden?
*bioeconomy = agriculture and forestry
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*bioeconomy = agriculture and forestry
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A bit of context from Greg:
"Soil carbon is the third-largest carbon stock after oceanic and geological pools."
"Soil carbon is the third-largest carbon stock after oceanic and geological pools."
Fascinating question from Jim Archuleta -
"On the topic of government transition, do you think we can use the Multi-Use Sustained Yield Act 1960 (Forest) & Food Security Act 1985 (Farm) to move biochar from Forest2Farm?"
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"On the topic of government transition, do you think we can use the Multi-Use Sustained Yield Act 1960 (Forest) & Food Security Act 1985 (Farm) to move biochar from Forest2Farm?"
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Great info here to understand #biochar in the context of negative emissions tech. #naturebasedsolutions
How do you get that to the new president -- https://climate21.org/summary/
Lots of good stuff in there, and with some luck, I'll get back to read and review it.
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Lots of good stuff in there, and with some luck, I'll get back to read and review it.
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There is a next-gen biochar task force w/ Biden?! @trmiles - can I interview you about this? 
Q: What's the main challenge?
A: (Moller) Mostly education and outreach.
Q: What's the main challenge?
A: (Moller) Mostly education and outreach.
Q: What's your experience finding biochar w/ the qualities you need for biochar water treatment?
A: We need better large scale commodity biochar. For an idea of required scale - for Las Vegas to treat its water with biochar, they'd need 8tons a day.
A: We need better large scale commodity biochar. For an idea of required scale - for Las Vegas to treat its water with biochar, they'd need 8tons a day.
Basically, how do you get ride of forest waste as an alternative to open pile burns. They've been experimenting, but the ideas is basically a "big box kiln" that looks like this:
He works with other states, and BLM, etc to spread this application of biochar. Open to people reaching out!
Thanks @darrenmcavoy!
Thanks @darrenmcavoy!
Next up, Brandon Smith from @USDA_NRCS to talk about Soil Conservation Practices and Interim Practice 808 (which helps farms/store carbon).
Contact info here: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/soils/health/?cid=stelprdb1237522
Contact info here: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detailfull/soils/health/?cid=stelprdb1237522
Great to see this from a gov level: acknowledging the science around biochar:
Brandon literally wrote the Social Carbon Amendment (808).
Adoption is at a state level, about 20 US states.
Adoption is at a state level, about 20 US states.
This standard basically applies to farmland, including only compost and biochar, and excludes fallow land and spreading sewage, biosolids, etc.
What do they provide?
Financial assistance to help buy and apply biochar. *At this point you can't use 808 with biochar you make
• minimum 1/ton per acre or 4/cu yards/acre
• compost + biochar (10% biochar) w/ minimum = 3 tons/acre
~costs: biochar $190/cy || compost $50/t
Financial assistance to help buy and apply biochar. *At this point you can't use 808 with biochar you make
• minimum 1/ton per acre or 4/cu yards/acre
• compost + biochar (10% biochar) w/ minimum = 3 tons/acre
~costs: biochar $190/cy || compost $50/t
To qualify for 808 you must report, origin of feedstock, production method, and chemical analysis.
And: You can't use crop residue, or forest waste (downed trees, etc.) (Going to come back to this - this is going to be a sticking point for a lot of people for a lot of reasons.)
And: You can't use crop residue, or forest waste (downed trees, etc.) (Going to come back to this - this is going to be a sticking point for a lot of people for a lot of reasons.)
For Monitoring and Evaluation, you have to meet with @NCRS *before* you apply. Then they'll follow up afterward.
Personal commentary: this feels both amazing, and designed to be relatively slow.
Personal commentary: this feels both amazing, and designed to be relatively slow.
Excellent stuff from Brandon - so helpful to see Soil Code 808 being spelled out in plain language.
Now Kevin Naranjo from @forestservice on their Wood Innovations Grant Programs, and particularly around salvage and waste wood management.
#biochar #nationalbiocharweek
#biochar #nationalbiocharweek
Thus far, the Wood Innovations Funding (about 35 projects a year) has funded 17 projects over 5 years. So about 10% of grants go to #biochar.
Link to relevant grant programs and timelines here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/naspf/programs/wood-education-and-resource-center/wood-innovations-home
*The application period is currently open with proposals due by February 3, 2021 (Note that Wood Innovations grants are due January 20, 2021*
*The application period is currently open with proposals due by February 3, 2021 (Note that Wood Innovations grants are due January 20, 2021*
Past grants include in partnership with @UNLincoln @NebraskaForest on biochar as a feed amendment. I talked with her and broke down that project here: https://twitter.com/TheBurningQuest/status/1271104935753658368
