Contents
Introduction
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Biochar in History
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What Is Biochar and How Does It Work?
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How to Make Your Own Biochar
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Working the Flame
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Biochar Properties
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Transforming Smoke into Useful Chemicals
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Ashes and the Value of Minerals in Biochar
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A Modern Muck Manual
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Biochar in Food and Medicine
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Building Soil
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Biochar Recipes
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For the Forest
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Counting Carbon
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Return to the Garden of Eatin’
Acknowledgments Appendix A:
Plant Bioassays to Evaluate Biochar Compost
Appendix B:
Units and Conversion Factors
Glossary Notes Index