Northeast Biochar Symposium - November 13, 2009
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Contact:
Nancy Askin
Northeast Biochar Symposium 2009
20 Wayside Park
Shirley, MA 01464
Phone: 978-425-0101
http://www.nsm.umass.edu/biochar09
Biochar09@nsm.umass.edu
Northeast Biochar Symposium to be held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on November 13, 2009
Amherst, MA - October 15, 2009 - The Northeast Biochar Symposium will take place on November 13, 2009 at the University of Massachusetts Campus Center. Sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in partnership with the International Biochar Initiative, the New England Small Farm Institute, the Pioneer Valley Biochar Initiative, and the Northeast Carbon Negative Network, the purpose of the symposium is to educate citizens and public officials about biochar.
Biochar is a carbon-rich soil amendment that enhances soil fertility, sequesters carbon to help reverse global warming, increases renewable energy production, and creates jobs. Biochar is considered a significant strategy for removing net carbon from the atmosphere for safe storage in soil, enhancing soil resources, and creating clean energy from agricultural and forestry wastes.
The Northeast Biochar Symposium 2009 will highlight current biochar research and technological advances and provide vital information to public officials, researchers, farmers and landscape professionals, green industry businesses, and sustainable energy professionals. The Symposium will provide a forum for the exchange of research findings, help to gain national media attention and stimulate discussion on biochar. It will also convene interest in establishing a Northeast Biochar Research Consortium, and will be followed by a day-long Biochar Technology Demonstration Field Day, to be hosted by New England Small Farm Institute, Belchertown, MA on Saturday Nov 14, 2009.
Keynote speakers include: David A. Laird, National Soil Tilth Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Dr. Johannes Lehmann, Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Chair, International Biochar Initiative and Co-editor, Biochar for Environmental Management; Debbie Reed, Executive Director, International Biochar Initiative; and, Dr. Christoph Steiner, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia.
Symposium registration is available online and the event is open to everyone. Registration for individuals is $95 before October 30 and $130 afterward. Student registration is $55, $90 after October 30. There is an optional dinner with an additional fee of $35.
For information about the Symposium see: http://.nsm.umass.edu/biochar09.
For information about the Biochar Technology Demonstration Field Day on Saturday November 14, check the Symposium Registration Page or visit www.smallfarm.org.
For more background information on biochar, see the International Biochar Initiative website at www.biochar-interntional.org
Contact: Biochar09@nsm.umass.edu
Phone: 978-425-0101
Contact:
Nancy Askin
Northeast Biochar Symposium 2009
20 Wayside Park
Shirley, MA 01464
Phone: 978-425-0101
http://www.nsm.umass.edu/biochar09
Biochar09@nsm.umass.edu
Northeast Biochar Symposium to be held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on November 13, 2009
Amherst, MA - October 15, 2009 - The Northeast Biochar Symposium will take place on November 13, 2009 at the University of Massachusetts Campus Center. Sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in partnership with the International Biochar Initiative, the New England Small Farm Institute, the Pioneer Valley Biochar Initiative, and the Northeast Carbon Negative Network, the purpose of the symposium is to educate citizens and public officials about biochar.
Biochar is a carbon-rich soil amendment that enhances soil fertility, sequesters carbon to help reverse global warming, increases renewable energy production, and creates jobs. Biochar is considered a significant strategy for removing net carbon from the atmosphere for safe storage in soil, enhancing soil resources, and creating clean energy from agricultural and forestry wastes.
The Northeast Biochar Symposium 2009 will highlight current biochar research and technological advances and provide vital information to public officials, researchers, farmers and landscape professionals, green industry businesses, and sustainable energy professionals. The Symposium will provide a forum for the exchange of research findings, help to gain national media attention and stimulate discussion on biochar. It will also convene interest in establishing a Northeast Biochar Research Consortium, and will be followed by a day-long Biochar Technology Demonstration Field Day, to be hosted by New England Small Farm Institute, Belchertown, MA on Saturday Nov 14, 2009.
Keynote speakers include: David A. Laird, National Soil Tilth Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Dr. Johannes Lehmann, Crop and Soil Sciences, Cornell University, Chair, International Biochar Initiative and Co-editor, Biochar for Environmental Management; Debbie Reed, Executive Director, International Biochar Initiative; and, Dr. Christoph Steiner, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia.
Symposium registration is available online and the event is open to everyone. Registration for individuals is $95 before October 30 and $130 afterward. Student registration is $55, $90 after October 30. There is an optional dinner with an additional fee of $35.
For information about the Symposium see: http://.nsm.umass.edu/biochar09.
For information about the Biochar Technology Demonstration Field Day on Saturday November 14, check the Symposium Registration Page or visit www.smallfarm.org.
For more background information on biochar, see the International Biochar Initiative website at www.biochar-interntional.org
Contact: Biochar09@nsm.umass.edu
Phone: 978-425-0101
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