http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/ Biochar Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:25:34 GMT Erich Knight http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9972 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9972 Tip of the Hat to Dr. Anderson, & colleagues in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and DRCongo. I hear the sound of the Exponential Grow of a biologic systems. All Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:23:46 GMT Paul S Anderson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9971 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9971 Dear Stovers and Biochar-ites, There are four (yes, 4) new projects across Africa that all have serious activities with cookstoves that can produce biochar Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:59:46 GMT Jon C Frank http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9970 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9970 I spent 2 weeks last July in Congo helping set up a training program to teach orphans and widows how to grow their soil. The soil was earlier tested and found Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:53:46 GMT peter ongele http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9969 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9969 Hi Peter,     I'm doing Biochar trial work with small group of  small scale farmers in Western Kenya, Suba District. Declining soil fertility due to poor Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:37:28 GMT Barry Husk http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9968 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9968 logo BlueLeaf_texte 80% Thanks everyone for your comments. Much appreciated. I’m not sure if this group warrants the effort of a structured response or not. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:00:26 GMT Peter Kuria http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9967 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9967 Dear Paul, Thank you for your brief on TLUD. Definitely looks like we have a great opportunity yo collaborate. Incidentally, there is a second project that Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:17:38 GMT Edward Someus http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9966 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9966 Barry, The requested comment: There are different biochar techniques proposed under the biochar development programmes, some of them might not be so advanced, Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:39:10 GMT back40 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9965 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9965 "Is this group important enough to justify making a rebuttal?" Perhaps, but a factual rebuttal won't have any effect because it does not address the basic Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:38:09 GMT mmbtupr@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9964 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9964 from Lewis L. Smith I agree with Edward that the possible "regeneration" of terra preta should be investigated. In fact, the accounts of "regeneration" Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:04:23 GMT Edward Someus http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9963 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9963 Ron, Tks for valuable remark. Yes, biochar alone does not create Terra preta. My work specialization and experience with industrialized biochar production and Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:25:12 GMT Ronald Curtis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9962 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9962 I trust this is on topic for this group, as I would like to know what research is going on, to determine what the LIVING component of *Terra preta *may be. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:19:12 GMT mmbtupr@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9961 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9961 from Lewis L. Smith In Tom's latest post on the above subject, I was particularly struck by the sentance, "It took a combination of water catchment, compost Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:54:32 GMT Tom Miles http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9960 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9960 Barry, I didn’t find the original statement you quoted so don’t know the context but it looks completely unsubstantiated. The few people working with Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:40:42 GMT David Yarrow http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9959 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9959 nutrient-dense is the next food revolution needed to transform america, bite by bite, cell by cell. dan kittredge is committed to seed this revolution, and Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:34:26 GMT Erich Knight http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9958 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar/message/9958 * Hi All, Agree with Back 40, and think the author's should review Paul Stamets TED Talk;* The Stametsian Vision for Sustaining Biospheres and Mitigating