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Biochar in growing coffee, - a link to a white paper, if you want to grow coffee or have friends growing coffee

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https://biochar-international.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Coffee_FINAL_Oct-2018.pdf
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Biochar is a carbon building tool for Regenerative Farming

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This is the start of the whole carbon farming story which is only just beginning in Australia. It is known variously as Organic, Biological or Regenerative Farming (the preferred name). RF, under t
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A case for the use of biochar with livestock

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Where livestock are run regularly there is regular supply of dung. Nature provides dung beetles to bury the dung underground. Provided no insecticides are applied to the animals or soil the DBs thr
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Turning stubble into Biochar

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In the grainbelt livestock have to be returned to help restore the carbon cycle. Millions of tonnes of CO2 are released every year as stubble windrows are burnt to control weeds and entire paddocks
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Other agricultural uses of Biochar

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Another new use for BC with resultant carbon sequestration is the incorporation of 4t of BC/ha under new plantings of avocado trees and replanting of fruit trees generally. Trials show tree growth