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I cover a lot and happy to talk about the benefits of biochar to composting and to dairy farms as outlined in the work I have been doing for BNNZ - under the Economic Applications page.

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Gerard turned 65 and then bought a 550ha farm for his retirement! Together with his son Jake, they are exploring more regenerative ways of farming livestock while also looking after the land. Biochar is an emerging part of this journey and I really like the DIY, give-it-a-go approach Kaipara Coast Farm is taking.

We chat about diversifying pastures, spraying out biochar with special brews designed to stimulate fungal activity and enhance pasture recovery, grazing mobs with high density and long rotations, and feeding biochar to livestock as well as using biochar in compost!

An introduction and overview of Biochar: https://www.sces.org.nz/biochar

The national biochar association in NZ: https://biochar.net.nz/ (BNNZ)

Intro sound: https://freesound.org/people/joshuaempyre/sounds/250749/

Great to get dairy farmers on the Char Chit Chat who actively use and promote biochar in many aspects of their farming operation. We delve into their farming journey and reveal many very sensible aspects such as once a day milking, cow barns with bunkers to give the cows comfort and to harness their nutrients, as well as their use of biochar as a feed supplement and carbon sponge.

In addition to farming, Megan shares her experience and knowledge as a farm coach and Daniel has a transport company and is distributing char based products sourced locally as well as other products that farmers require.

This interview is an excellent follow up and practical example happening in New Zealand to the recent release of the 10 Benefits of Biochar for Dairy Farms by BNNZ.