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INTRODUCING BIOMINERALS: A NEW CLASS OF BIOFERTILIZERS
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Advancing the best practices of soil remineralization combining rock dusts, clays and humates with pyrogenic carbon (a.k.a., biochar) and selecting non-GMO biomass to culture abundant microbiology on mineral and carbon substrates using proprietary methods. Product Sheet > /
CALIFORNIA FIELD TRIAL AND GERMINATION REPORTS 2024 - 2025
Wheat Germination Report >
Carriere Farms Rice Report 2024>
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ShoEi USA Almond Report 2024>
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Excerpt:
Analogy to Terra Preta
Amazonian black earth or “terra preta” is typically associated with human occupation, but it is uncertain whether it was created intentionally. Interestingly, “terra preta” is not only characterised by its high organic carbon content and the presence of biochar but also by a high density of broken ceramic artefacts (e.g. Schmidt et al., 2023). Ancient Amazonians produced a lot of breakable pottery and the prevalence of pottery shards may be incidental and not part of a plan to improve soil fertility, but the practice of adding biochar and pottery shards to organic leftovers of manioc, cassava, corn, papaya and bananas, sequestered and stored carbon in the soil for centuries (Lima et al., 2002; Costa et al., 2004) and may demonstrate that broken pottery is an essential ingredient in terra preta analogous to clay minerals for building up SOC in arable soils (Rowley et al., 2021).
Interestingly, Anthony et al. (2025) show that the combined ground rock, compost, and biochar amendment had the greatest increases in soil C stocks over 3 years. This can be a coincidence but that composition is very similar to terra preta (except that pottery shards are replaced by crushed rock forming clay minerals). Could it be that the combination of organic amendments, biochar and crushed rock is also the best practice for CDR?
Excerpt:
Analogy to Terra Preta
Amazonian black earth or “terra preta” is typically associated with human occupation, but it is uncertain whether it was created intentionally. Interestingly, “terra preta” is not only characterised by its high organic carbon content and the presence of biochar but also by a high density of broken ceramic artefacts (e.g. Schmidt et al., 2023). Ancient Amazonians produced a lot of breakable pottery and the prevalence of pottery shards may be incidental and not part of a plan to improve soil fertility, but the practice of adding biochar and pottery shards to organic leftovers of manioc, cassava, corn, papaya and bananas, sequestered and stored carbon in the soil for centuries (Lima et al., 2002; Costa et al., 2004) and may demonstrate that broken pottery is an essential ingredient in terra preta analogous to clay minerals for building up SOC in arable soils (Rowley et al., 2021).
Interestingly, Anthony et al. (2025) show that the combined ground rock, compost, and biochar amendment had the greatest increases in soil C stocks over 3 years. This can be a coincidence but that composition is very similar to terra preta (except that pottery shards are replaced by crushed rock forming clay minerals). Could it be that the combination of organic amendments, biochar and crushed rock is also the best practice for CDR?
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