[Uaturfinfo] Biochar Introduction and Uses Webinar 11am June 11, 2020

[Umeda, Kai - (umedak)]

For turf managers interested in learning about biochar in desert soils and possible turf uses.

Kai Umeda
Area Extension Agent, Turfgrass Science
The University of Arizona
Maricopa County Cooperative Extension
4341 E. Broadway Road
Phoenix, AZ 85040
602.827.8214
602.827.8292 fax
602.377.5042 cell
https://turf.arizona.edu




Biochar Introduction and Uses Webinar June 11, 2020 11:00am to 12:00pm
Online event link: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/92158184740
[Dr. Janick Artiola, UA WRRC]
University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Gila County presents: Garden and Country Extension Webinar Series
A Zoom webinar (60-minutes or less) featuring a variety of horticultural and natural resource topics relevant to the environmental conditions and residential concerns of Gila County, Arizona.
Featured Topic: Biochar Introduction and Uses
Featured Speaker: Dr. Janick Artiola is an associate professor in the Soil, Water & Environmental Science Department and University of Arizona Cooperative Extension water quality specialist. He regularly presents workshops and publishes information for Arizona’s domestic well owners. His research experience includes the management saline water and soils, the land application of biosolids, and the characterization and use green waste-derived biochar materials to improve soils and remove contaminants from runoff water.
Webinar Overview: Biochar is the same as charcoal, made from the incomplete combustion of wood or other biomass products. Biochar made from green waste can be good for the climate and environment. Since burning wood does not add fossil carbon to the atmosphere, making and using biochar is considered a carbon-negative process. Adding biochar to soil can store carbon for many generations and help lower CO2 gas emissions. Biochar can initially add salts and raise pH in semi-arid soils and is not ideally suited to most Southwest soils. Nonetheless, adding biochar to semi-desert soils can make plants more drought resistant, reduce plant nutrient losses, and when mixed with compost can improve soil structure.
Webinar Facilitator: Chris Jones, Extension Agent, University of Arizona Gila County Cooperative Extension
Zoom Link: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/92034058945 Please log in up to 10 minutes prior to the webinar.


Christopher Jones, Extension Agent
Agriculture & Natural Resources Programs

University of Arizona
Gila County Cooperative Extension
5515 S Apache Avenue, Suite 600
Globe, AZ  85501
U.S.A.

Phone: (928) 402-8586
Email: ckjones at email.arizona.edu<mailto:ckjones at email.arizona.edu>

Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day. – Gifford Pinchot, 1910


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