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New food, music festival to showcase farming and soil in North Canterbury
The inaugural Underground Festival will be held at Greystone Wine's regenerative organic vineyard in mid-February.
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Could biochar be the wonder product for forestry and farming?
A large farm and forestry operation in the Far North is keen to turn its slash from upcoming harvests into something that benefits the land, climate and stock.
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Turning forestry slash into something good for the planet
Country Life: The mess left by piles of forest debris is etched in the minds of many after Cyclone Gabrielle. Turning it into biochar could be a solution.
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Turning forestry slash into something good for the planet
A large forestry and sheep and beef farm near the very top of the North Island has been experimenting with biochar from the slash from its pine trees to improve its soils and reduce carbon emissions Audio
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Why farmers are turning to bio-char
A Southland couple is looking to the past to help curb farm emissions and boost yields. Audio
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The Blenheim company turning wood chips into graphite for EV batteries
A Blenheim company is turning wood chips and sawdust into graphite to be used in EV batteries. CarbonScape was founded in 2006 - with a focus on making carbon products using waste biomass like wood… Audio
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From slash to cash: Finding innovative ways to fertilise and heal the land
Innovators across New Zealand are working on solutions for the huge amount of silt and woody debris that is clogging beaches and riverbanks on the East Coast.
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Prof Huhana Smith: using biochar to restore whenua
Professor Huhana Smith, who heads Whiti o Rehua School of Art at Massey University, has spent the last 20 years focussed on the restoration of her ancestral coastal whenua and awa at Kuku Beach, near… Audio
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Climate change: Invest in technology that removes CO2 - report
Technology to remove the planet-warming greenhouse gas CO2 from our atmosphere must be urgently ramped up, leading climate experts say in a new report.
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Turning grape waste into carbon-busting biochar
Grape waste from the wine industry is being turned into carbon-soaking biochar - which also enriches the soil. Kathryn speaks with Professor Stephen Joseph, an internationally renowned expert on… Audio
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Masterton District Council approves climate change plan
A 76-point plan to tackle climate change has been given the tick by Masterton District Council. But it did not receive unanimous support from elected members.
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Floral Tribute
Every Thursday morning the five women from the Floral Collective Waikato set up their buckets in the Frankton Railway Institute Hall to sell field grown blooms to local florists. Varieties that don't… Audio
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'Hangi in a bottle': liquid smoke flavoured with kānuka
Business and chemical engineering academics are transforming native Kanuka into a 'liquid smoke' startup - tasting like hangi in a bottle. The hidden flavour of Kanuka has been captured in an… Audio, Gallery
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The environmental hangover from NZ's winemaking
Marlborough's wine industry is booming, but there's no industrial-sized solution to deal with its waste.
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Sowing seeds of hope: Kay Baxter, Koanga Institute
Kaitiaki of plant collections, mentor and educator Kay Baxter is co-founder of the Koanga Institute in the Hawkes Bay, home to New Zealand's largest heritage food plant collection. Over the past 30… Audio, Gallery
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Turning green waste into black gold
Energy consultant Phil Stevens wanted to reduce his carbon footprint so on his Manawatu lifestyle block he's experimenting taking old logs and tree trimmings and turning them into a special ingredient… Audio
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CarpN Neutral - doing good things with bad koi carp
Introduced koi carp are a nuisance in lakes and rivers in the Waikato, and the CarpN Neutral project catches them and turns their bodies into fertiliser for use in native revegetation programmes. Audio, Gallery
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Farmer of the Year to speak at field day
The South Island farmer of the year will unveil some secrets to his success at a field day in Marlborough on Thursday.
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Our Changing World - Biochar
Audio 2 Jun 2011The New Zealand Biochar Research Institute is looking at how to produce and apply biochar, and it effects on soil and plants. Audio
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Best of the Week - 27 May 2011
Audio 27 May 2011Highlights from Radio New Zealand National's programmes for the week ending Friday 27 May. This week.......we look at media stories around The Budget, getting the rebuild of Christchurch done right… Audio
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Biochar
Audio 26 May 2011The New Zealand Biochar Research Institute is looking at how to produce and apply biochar, and its effects on soil and plants Audio
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Biochar role in cutting emissions studied
A newly-established research centre at Massey University will spend the next three to four years exploring the feasibility of using biochar technology to help reduce New Zealand's greenhouse gas…