I have been experientially been learning about farming for over 4 years, and was introduced to the idea of biochar as a fertilizer at the beginning of that time. Where I grew up in northern California, (Siskiyou County) there is little industry, but...More
I have been experientially been learning about farming for over 4 years, and was introduced to the idea of biochar as a fertilizer at the beginning of that time. Where I grew up in northern California, (Siskiyou County) there is little industry, but excessive amounts of fuels on the ground from mismanaged forests. I see a portable pyrolysis burner as providing a potenial to help prepare and clear the large swaths of overgrown forests so they can again be managed by indigenous methods of controlled burning. We have invested time and money into building this burner in the hopes that the prices of the amounts of biochar it produces can cover the hard manual labor it takes to run the machine and prepare the feedstock. Human society has entered a phase where hard manual labor has become less desireable. How do we inspire people and find a balance of doing hard manual labor that can be satisfying and has a positive outcome for the environment, and doing intellectual things that also generate income?
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