Comments on: Where to get Biochar? http://www.biochar.net/where-to-get-biochar/ The new era of carbon negative gardening Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:41:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: RawBone http://www.biochar.net/where-to-get-biochar/comment-page-1/#comment-335 RawBone Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:23:40 +0000 http://www.biochar.net/?p=23#comment-335 You are living my dream, man - Bless you! I am in Walnut Creek, CA, looking for a way to start small recycling local waste to make biochar available to my community. So many designs out there but not all so clean. Yours looks great, are you willing to share design? Looks like a downdraft system, am I right? Thanks for the site. Please reply, best to you till later on... - R You are living my dream, man – Bless you! I am in Walnut Creek, CA, looking for a way to start small recycling local waste to make biochar available to my community. So many designs out there but not all so clean. Yours looks great, are you willing to share design? Looks like a downdraft system, am I right? Thanks for the site. Please reply, best to you till later on… – R

]]> By: bazman http://www.biochar.net/where-to-get-biochar/comment-page-1/#comment-312 bazman Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:19:38 +0000 http://www.biochar.net/?p=23#comment-312 Hi Rick, do you have a link for the biochar development I can add to the site? My system has come a long way, but still has a way to go, my workshop has been quite busy of late and the latest version of the pyrolizer is looking good, I'm looking forward to it's first test run. Hi Rick, do you have a link for the biochar development I can add to the site?

My system has come a long way, but still has a way to go, my workshop has been quite busy of late and the latest version of the pyrolizer is looking good, I’m looking forward to it’s first test run.

]]> By: Rickster http://www.biochar.net/where-to-get-biochar/comment-page-1/#comment-311 Rickster Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:55:03 +0000 http://www.biochar.net/?p=23#comment-311 I would agree that gardeners and farmers should produce their own biochar as much as possible as part of their annual cycle (since annual litter decomposes so quickly so charring it makes sense).... and supplement with other feedstock when possible, too. It will never be a waste of time. However, for those who prefer to purchase, please note that the biobrokers link above is associated with "eterna green" products, a Mantria Corporation recently charged with some securities fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Apparently, they were selling stock on the pretense that they had more biochar facilities (by far) than they in fact had. As a note of personal disclosure, I'm part of a small, regional company, Montana Biochar Products, LLC,, just starting production this year. We won't be selling stock on anything we don't have. But, we think we can make it on a valuable product made from non-toxic biomass (small diameter trees cut in the wildland urban interface). Anyway, good luck with what you're doing!! Best, Rick Freeman I would agree that gardeners and farmers should produce their own biochar as much as possible as part of their annual cycle (since annual litter decomposes so quickly so charring it makes sense)…. and supplement with other feedstock when possible, too. It will never be a waste of time. However, for those who prefer to purchase, please note that the biobrokers link above is associated with “eterna green” products, a Mantria Corporation recently charged with some securities fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Apparently, they were selling stock on the pretense that they had more biochar facilities (by far) than they in fact had. As a note of personal disclosure, I’m part of a small, regional company, Montana Biochar Products, LLC,, just starting production this year. We won’t be selling stock on anything we don’t have. But, we think we can make it on a valuable product made from non-toxic biomass (small diameter trees cut in the wildland urban interface). Anyway, good luck with what you’re doing!! Best, Rick Freeman

]]> By: Joseph http://www.biochar.net/where-to-get-biochar/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Joseph Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:32:25 +0000 http://www.biochar.net/?p=23#comment-12 Indeed, producing biochar onsite is probably the cleanest way. It always has upset me a little bit, that some companies are importing greenwaste from overseas and make the char on a plant in AU or that you had to order biochar from the US. That is why I think the guys from <a href="http://www.bigchar.com.au/" rel="nofollow">BiGchar</a> did a good job. I came across this website accidentially while looking for biochar production and sale. They have developed and patented a mobile pyrolysis unit for biochar production. And in fact, it is mobile (mounted on a little truck). That is what makes sense to me in terms of carbon footprint. Indeed, producing biochar onsite is probably the cleanest way. It always has upset me a little bit, that some companies are importing greenwaste from overseas and make the char on a plant in AU or that you had to order biochar from the US.

That is why I think the guys from BiGchar did a good job. I came across this website accidentially while looking for biochar production and sale.

They have developed and patented a mobile pyrolysis unit for biochar production. And in fact, it is mobile (mounted on a little truck). That is what makes sense to me in terms of carbon footprint.

]]> By: bazman http://www.biochar.net/where-to-get-biochar/comment-page-1/#comment-8 bazman Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:16:52 +0000 http://www.biochar.net/?p=23#comment-8 Why buy it when you can make it cleanly using sustainable source biomass which you already have onsite? Your product and site looks slick, good luck. Why buy it when you can make it cleanly using sustainable source biomass which you already have onsite? Your product and site looks slick, good luck.

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