[Terrapreta] Soil Food Web

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Christelle

Dr Ingham is indeed a heavyweight in soils.... see:
http://www.soilfoodweb.com/03_about_us/approach.html
and
http://www.soilfoodweb.com/03_about_us/dr_ingham.htm

Two good things being touted for charcoal additions to the soil are:
1: Increased CEC
2: Microorganism habitat.

Such features should be of great interest to Dr. Ingham

Best wishes,

Kevin

chris braun wrote:
> Hello,
>
>> In my opinion her endorsement is critically important to the 
>> acceptance of biochar as a beneficial soil amendment by the general 
>> public.
> Who is this Elaine Ingham precisely ? Is she */that/* famous ? 
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Christelle 
>
>
> On May 1, 2008, at 3:36 PM, Philip Small wrote:
>
>> My impression 
>> <http://transectpoints.blogspot.com/2007/01/teaming-with-microbes-arrived-today.html> 
>> is that Soil Foodweb's Elaine Ingham remains "unswervingly skeptical" 
>> of biochar. Her point of view, last I heard, was that biochar, beyond 
>> a devastatingly high C:N ratio, does not contribute to the soil food 
>> web. In my opinion her endorsement is critically important to the 
>> acceptance of biochar as a beneficial soil amendment by the general 
>> public.
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:19 PM, MFH <mfh01 at bigpond.net.au 
>> <mailto:mfh01 at bigpond.net.au>> wrote:
>>
>>     For those who may not be aware, the Soil Foodweb is a very valid
>>     organisation dedicated to soil analysis and improvement.
>>     www.*soilfoodweb*.com <http://www.soilfoodweb.com/>
>>
>>      
>>
>>     The following is a brief report from the Australian branch, with
>>     mention of Carbon sequestration but they don't see to have
>>     focussed yet on the use of charcoal. I'd suggest that they could
>>     be useful allies. 
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Max H
>>
>>      
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