by Tove Hatling Jystad | Nov 6, 2025 | Biochar, Author bio, Carbon bonding
Can tomatoes turn into biochar and be a carbon store? Together with God Jord AS, we have tested biochar production from tomato stems in their KonTiki. Within a few hours, 18 boxes of dried tomato stems were transformed into biochar. Watch the film and follow us to hear more...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Aug 20, 2025 | Biochar, Zero-emission farm
At Nulldissluppsgården on Mære we are excited to get started with biochar production and we also get a lot of questions about biochar and the plant that is being built. We have collected questions we often get and hope you can find answers to what YOU are wondering. What is biochar? Biochar is defined...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Mar 7, 2025 | Biochar, Front page, Zero-emission farm
Before Christmas 2025, a biochar plant will be ready for production at Mære Agricultural School. A farm facility will be built here for demonstration and testing, while we will also build expertise on the economics and practical use of biochar in agriculture. 600 tons of wood chips will be converted...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Jan 6, 2025 | Biochar, Zero-emission farm
In the summer of 2023, Mære Agricultural School conducted a small-scale trial with biochar on a field where grain was to be sown. The goal was to investigate the possible positive effect of different amounts of biochar, 1 ton per hectare, 2 ton per hectare and 3 ton per hectare. The biochar was spread with...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Jan 2, 2025 | Biochar, Carbon bonding, Zero-emission farm
Mære Agricultural School has established a modern fruit and berry orchard to demonstrate what large-scale commercial production and small-scale hobby production look like in reality. This will give students practical experience with different production methods and strengthen...
by Tove Hatling Jystad | Dec 19, 2024 | Biochar, Methane reduction, Zero-emission farm
Master's student Svein Wara has investigated the effect of biochar in dairy feeding for calves in his master's thesis, which was submitted in the spring of 2024. Svein has been a student at Nord University in Steinkjer, and has worked with biochar and calves during his studies. The experiment was carried out in...
