Add a little char and watch the plants grow

Head down to the Harvest Launceston Community Farmers’ Market this Saturday to meet Frank and Karin Strie from Terra-Preta Developments, and discover their plant boosting char, the black gold for soils. Char is the art of turning organic waste into a valuable charcoal product with a broad range of uses from filtering water to enriching […]

The Secret of El Dorado (Video)

Below is a video that inspired Frank and Karin to pursue interest in Biochar. Frank watched this documentary in March 2004 and has been studying and working on it ever since.

Tasmanian Biochar Initiative

Hon. Kerry Finch MLC – Member for Rosevears informed the Tasmanian Legislative Council and spoke about our Biochar Initiative as part of a global knowledge network on 25 June 2015 in Parliament. Following the video link for Hon. Kerry Finch MLC – “Biochar projects in Tasmania”:

Peter Cundall: Biochar good for your greens

Peter Cundall has been quoted by the Weekly Times (28th October 2015) “Bio-char is proving to be the greatest, most significant and beneficial revolution in organic growing techniques in half a century. Used properly and wisely it could resolve problems of world hunger by revitalising and permanently enriching impoverished soils.” The friend who Peter Cundall […]