ARTi: Cool Solutions to Cool The World

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ARTi biochar is a carbon-like material with a porous surface that acts like a sponge to help enrich soils, upgrade building materials, filter water, add to animal feed and plenty of other benefits… But what is even better is that it sequesters Carbon Dioxide (CO2) by preventing it from entering the atmosphere! Biochar is a carbon negative, cost effectively, long-term and scalable technology! The health of our soil and the health of our planet are one in the same: BIOCHAR.

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ARTi: Cool Solutions to Cool The World

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Four Winds Farm Grows Hemp with Biochar & Compost Mixture 06.07.2020 6:42

Scott Booher’s Four Winds Farm began in April 2020 to amend their soil with compost and biochar to improve soil carbon content (increase organic matter) nutrient availability, structure, and biology. ARTi is assisting in this ongoing effort with soil analysis, biochar and compost analysis, and preparation, monitoring as well as the application. To add to this, the carbon sequestration levels antic...

Biochar for Small City Wastewater Treatment 27.04.2020 7:38

In 2019 a team of Iowa State University engineering students including former ARTi interns Joseph Sabas and Denver Robak sought to help address the problems of wastewater treatment experienced by the small town of Rinard, Iowa. The tiny town of Rinard with a population of 50 citizens faces a confluence of challenges as do many such towns in the US and elsewhere. First of all, a projected continued...

Biochar for Small City Wastewater Treatment 27.04.2020 7:38

Dr. Deborah Aller, Agricultural Stewardship & Biochar Specialist 23.03.2020 2:40

Dr. Aller has been engaged in unique and relevant work in Suffolk County, Long Island examining if biochar can contribute to increasing nutrient availability and soil water retention, and decreasing leaching losses in field and container nursery production. The field experiments were conducted at a privet nursery and a Christmas tree farm in 2019 with another privet nursery to be added in 2020. Th...

Biochar & Urban Soils: Des Moines City, ARTi & Trees Forever 02.12.2019 5:10

The City of Des Moines, Iowa and the tree planting and forestry advocacy non-profit Trees Forever represented by their member Kerri Sorrell recently partnered with ARTi for a biochar and tree planting project right in the middle of urban Des Moines. When passing through the cities or suburbs, whether by foot or bicycle along those long and often empty sidewalks most of us take little notice of the...

Biochar for animal feed 12.08.2019 9:28

A topic in biochar that ARTi has been interested in along with many others in the biochar field is the potential for the substance’s use in animal feed. The health of the animal products, the surrounding environment and the animal themselves has been demonstrated to have been positively affected by the addition to biochar to their feed. Furthermore, the potential for biochar’s addition to animal f...