biochar market development projects
The Biochar Bonus
Earth Foundries’ Biochar Projects aim to demonstrate how biochar benefits the bottom line. Building market pull for biochar ultimately lowers the cost of forest management projects. Lower cost means more projects. More projects mean healthier forests.
About Our Market Development Projects
There’s already significant research suggesting biochar is beneficial to plant growth and water retention when amended in soil. These projects, funded by the US Forest Service and CAL FIRE, aim to demonstrate the techno-economic benefits of incorporating biochar into high volume applications that have the potential to consume large volumes of biochar. These applications are green composting, stormwater remediation/bioswales and manure management.
Our Projects
These project areas were chosen because they represent high volume applications that could consume a lot of biochar, and significant previous research points to biochar improving their outcomes.
Grant Partners
US Forest Service Wood Innovation Grant
These projects are funded in part by a USFS Wood Innovation Grant.
CAL FIRE Business Development Grant
These projects are funded in part by a grant from CAL FIRE Wood Products & Bioenergy
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Project Partners & Contributors
Since 1990, Agromin has been producing rich, chemical-free compost and mulch products from organic waste collected from consumers and businesses.
Because of Agromin’s efforts, millions of tons of green waste has been kept out of landfills. Instead, these materials are turned into healthy soil products used in landscaping and agriculture.
The Guadalupe-Coyote Resource Conservation District (GCRCD) is an independent special district of the state of California dedicated to the conservation of natural resources in Santa Clara County.
The mission of the District is to provide education and technical assistance to constituents and watershed stakeholders to sustainably manage soil, water and wildlife with the best available science.
Napa Recycling & Waste Services and Napa County Recycling & Waste Services are local full-service companies with parent companies that have served the region for over a century.
We are happy to provide all of the City of Napa and southern unincorporated Napa County with efficient, economical & sustainable services.
ReScape is a nonprofit organization that educates about and advocates for a whole-systems regenerative approach to landscaping that works in harmony with the natural world and addresses the changing environment.
Foundational to our work is a whole systems watershed framework that acknowledges that one landscaping input affects the whole ecosystem.
Sonoma Ecology Center works to address challenges related to water supply and quality, open space, rural character, biodiversity, community engagement and social equity, energy, climate change, and a better quality of life for all residents.
Its mission is to work with communities and other organizations to identify and lead actions that achieve and sustain ecological health in Sonoma Valley and throughout California.
The mission of Veggielution is to connect people from diverse backgrounds outdoors through food and farming to build community in East San José.
We utilize a unique community farm model that mobilizes volunteers to cultivate and grow healthy crops, which are then made available to our program participants and other local residents.
Weber Family Farms is a fourth generation Sonoma County family farm that has been producing fresh eggs since 1912. Today we are one of a handful of Petaluma egg producers whose fresh eggs are consumed by families throughout Northern California.
We proudly serve the local organic farming community with our line of Petaluma’s Finest certified organic fertilizers. More Info.