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Rijk Zwaan gets incredible results using Carbon Gold’s biochar compost
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Martin Kyte is the organic field trials manager for the world’s sixth largest seed company, Rijk Zwaan. For the…
Read More Bob tries biochar!
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“When I heard that a type of charred-earth type product was being sold, I wanted to trial it. I anticipated…
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Coconut and sand (and biochar!) but no holiday for Forest Green Rovers' organic football pitch
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Eight hundred litres of compost tea, 180 tonnes of sand, three tonnes of organic fertiliser – and six different types…
Read More Daily Telegraph: Why peat-free composts should be top priority
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Fantastic article in the Daily Telegraph Gardening supplement today about why peat-free composts should be a top priority for gardeners…
Read More GIY (Grow it Yourself) launches in the UK
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GIY UK Gathering 2013 in association with Carbon Gold Speakers include Alys Fowler, Rachel de Thample, Mark Diacono and Maddy…
Read More Counting Carbon
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The planet is heating-up and humans are the cause. There was a time when only ‘green’ campaigners were urging temperature-reducing…
Read More Biochar compost to help save water in Crabtree & Evelyn’s 'Avant Garden' Chelsea Fringe pop-up
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Carbon Gold, the world’s leading biochar company, has provided biochar-based compost for an innovative pop-up herb garden to celebrate the…
Read More “A slow-burn success” – biochar article in the Telegraph
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6 April 2013: Following a fantastic article about biochar in the Daily Telegraph Gardening supplement last weekend our products have…
Read More Get your seeds off to the best start this season with biochar
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As the 2013 growing season begins, with hopes for more sunshine and less rain then 2012, gardeners, allotment holders and…
Read More Carbon Gold welcomes £1m pledge for peat-free research
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17 January 2013: Comment from Carbon Gold following the Government’s response to the Sustainable Growing Media Task Force July 2012…
Read More How biochar can stop nutrients leaching from your soil
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9 January 2013: Comment from Simon Manley, CEO of Carbon Gold, following claims by Professor Mike Gooding, head of agricultural…
Read More First commercial trials of biochar show it’s better than peat
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9 November 2012: The UK’s first-ever commercial biochar trials with professional horticulturalists have shown that biochar helps to boost root…
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