Boost Your Soil, Elevate Your Impact
Biochar is a powerful soil enhancer that transforms gardens, farms, and landscapes while benefiting the environment. Made from 100% renewable materials, biochar is a specialized form of charcoal designed to improve soil health. Whether you're a home gardener, farmer, or landscaper, its unique properties boost plant growth, increase water retention, and promote sustainability, making it a game-changer for anyone looking to enhance soil performance—from small-scale gardens to large agricultural operations.
What is Biochar?
Biochar is a form of charcoal produced through pyrolysis, a process in which organic material decomposes after being heated to high temperatures in the absence of oxygen. When biochar is added to soil, it improves fertility, water retention, and nutrient availability, leading to healthier and more productive crops.
Along with its agricultural benefits, biochar is a powerful tool for carbon sequestration. Because of its stable carbon structure, biochar has the ability to lock away carbon in the soil for hundreds to thousands of years, effectively removing CO2 from the atmosphere and mitigating climate change.
UN Sustianability Goals
Hemp biochar contributes to multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), targeting critical areas of environmental and social impact. It supports clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) by enhancing water filtration and reducing pollutants. By fostering green job creation and promoting innovation, biochar aligns with decent work and economic growth (SDG 8) and industry, innovation, and infrastructure (SDG 9). It also plays a key role in sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11) by improving urban green spaces and promoting eco-friendly infrastructure. Additionally, hemp biochar supports responsible consumption and production (SDG 12) by utilizing renewable resources, contributing to climate action (SDG 13) through carbon sequestration, and enhancing life on land (SDG 15) by restoring soil health and biodiversity.
Biochar can hold carbon in soils for hundreds to thousands of years, offering a simple, low-tech way to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
James Lovelock
Scientist and Environmentalist, author of The Gaia Theory
Hemp biochar offers a unique carbon-negative solution for agriculture, enhancing soil fertility while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Its high carbon content and porous structure make it ideal for soil improvement.
Johannes Lehmann
Professor of Soil and Crop Sciences, Cornell University
Biochar made from hemp exhibits exceptional qualities in terms of water retention and nutrient delivery. This makes it highly valuable for regenerative farming practices, especially in degraded soils.
Stephen Joseph
Biochar Researcher and Professor, University of New South Wales
Biochar has the potential to improve plant ecophysiology and soil water retention, offering vital benefits for both agriculture and the environment
Dr. Claudia Kammann
Professor of Climate Change Research for Special Crops, Hochschule Geisenheim University