BioChar (Terra Preta) - Soil Tilth Improvements & Decreasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide with fine-grained charcoal high in organic carbon. A locally produced charcoal from plant & animal 'wastes' can promote microbial & fungal life in the soil in ways we are still learning about, combined with organic matter & manures it improves the soil CECapasity greatly.
The indigenous native tribes of the Amazon basin observed that their Terra preta soil 'grew' in depth. Some of their community-made soils are the deepest & most fertile soils measured in the tropics!
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