[Terrapreta] Fwd: eprida char - organic?

[Sean K. Barry]

Hi Gerrit,

Often the carbon component of fertilizers is released to the environment as CO2 when the fertilizer salts dissovle in water.

Regards,

SKB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gerald Van Koeverden<mailto:vnkvrdn at yahoo.ca> 
  To: Terra Preta<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org> 
  Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:41 PM
  Subject: [Terrapreta] Fwd: eprida char - organic?


  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<mailto:vnkvrdn at yahoo.ca>>
    Date: January 14, 2008 12:06:01 AM EST (CA)
    To: Terra Preta <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org<mailto: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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