The author, Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner discusses how we can produce food more sustainably
While the incentive scheme in the UK closed in 2021, the damage it causes will continue for the next 19 years.brought down Northern Ireland’s parliamentI make charcoal using coppice wood from Somerset. The benefits of this old cycle are clear. I use the fine charcoal to improve the drought/flood resilience of my heavy clay soil, while sequestering stable carbon.
The only cheap way of obtaining biochar is to make it yourself, as this questioner is doing. But unless you get the burn exactly right, you’re likely to cancel any possible savings byHaving recently finished reading, and read other articles on regenerative/rotational agriculture that is sympathetic with the environment, I’m of the view that this presents a solid compromise.
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