[Terrapreta] Fwd: eprida char - organic?

[Gerald Van Koeverden]

It would be both ironic and disappointing indeed, if the official  
certifying body for organic farmers rejected an application for  
Eprida's nitrogenous char as an acceptable fertilizer for several  
reasons:

1.  it has a higher 'organic'  - often defined as the amount of  
carbon - content of any natural fertilizer.
2.  the value of the addition of charcoal to soil is being  
increasingly recognized as highly beneficial to long-term self- 
sustaining soil fertility.
3.  certified organic growers would be ecstatic to have another  
source of nitrogen nutrient to their quest for fertility.  It is the  
hardest of all the major nutrients to supply 'naturally.'

Gerrit

> From: Gerald Van Koeverden <vnkvrdn at yahoo.ca>
> Date: January 14, 2008 12:06:01 AM EST (CA)
> To: Terra Preta <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
> Subject: eprida char - organic?
>
> Has Eprida char been certified for use by organic farmers?  Or  
> would it be considered a 'chemical' source of nitrogen?
>
> Gerald

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