Turning Slash Piles to Soil Benefit

Students at the University of Washington have teamed up on a startup that promises to turn slash piles of forest refuse into biochar, a crumbly charcoal-like product for farmers that helps their soil hold water and nutrients. They received an Innovation Corps award from the Nat'l Science Foundation.

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