North American Biochar Conference 2009
Sunday, August 09, 2009 - Wednesday, August 12, 2009
University of Colorado at Boulder
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Hi All,
Dr. Novak sounds excited , amazed even, by his work in Norfolk loamy sand soils.
I'll be sending my entire mailing list of contacts I've gathered advocating for biochar to Ms. Aikens for invitation mailings.
I will be attending the meeting in Boulder thanks to the folks at EcoTechnologies Group
EcoTechnologies Group
My first conference, hope to put faces with the many names floating in my head from three years of my Biochar avocation. See you there.
OOH,........I have two titles now;
Erich J. Knight
Eco Technologies Group Technical Adviser
University of California Riverside advisory board
Shenandoah Gardens (Owner)
1047 Dave Barry Rd.
McGaheysville, VA. 22840
540 289 9750
On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Novak, Jeff <Jeff.Novak@ars.usda.gov> wrote:
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Hello Erich:
Please find enclosed an email from a conference organizer concerning advertising the 2009 North American Biochar Conference. Please see attachments for meeting details.
Ms. Aiken asked me for assistance with advertising this meeting to others. Because of your world-wide contacts, is there a way that you can mention this in a news briefing or as a flash point on your web?
Please note that I was invited to speak at this conference. I will be presenting results to show that biochar quality is affected by feedstock source and pyrolysis temperature. We are into our third week of a 12 week study examining the effects of 9 different biochars on soil fertility, physical, and microbiological properties. To date, the differences in how the biochars altered the Norfolk loamy sand soil characteristics were amazing. Our results show that all biochars are not created equal and that biochars designed to target select soil quality issues can be a reality.
I provided you with this short byte of information to update your blog on designer biochars.
Thanks for your help.
Dr. Jeff Novak
Research Soil Scientist
USDA-ARS-CPRC
Florence, SC
jeff.novak@ars.usda.gov
From:
emaiken@gmail.com [mailto:emaiken@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Elise Aiken
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:37 PM
To: Novak, Jeff
Subject: North American Biochar 2009
Dear Dr. Novak,
I am working with Jonah Levine at the Center for Energy and Environmental Security to host the North American Biochar 2009 Conference. My current project is getting together a list of people that we should contact about this conference. Jonah suggested that I contact you to ask for any suggestions of people from the USDA (or anyone else you think is important) to send our information to. Currently we have a folder of information that includes and introduction to biochar and a layout of the conference. I have attached that document to this email. Please let me know of anyone you think would be a good addition to my list to get the word out about this conference.
Thank you for your time! I appreciate the help, and hope to see you in August. If you have any questions for me, please feel free to email me back or call me at 303 386 2205.
Best,
Elise
Elise Aiken
J.D. Candidate 2011
University of Colorado Law School
elise.aiken@colorado.edu
