Fueling Innovation
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  • Using waste biochar to conserve water for agriculture, reduce air pollution

    May 15, 2023 9:45 am
    a research loads biochar into a ground injector machine

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    • a research loads biochar into a ground injector machine

    Burnt pistachio shells are injected deep under farmland using a machine normally used to aerate golf courses. UIUC ACES professor emeritus Gerald Nelson is conducting the field trial.