Plants work all day long to grow by capturing carbon from the air. With Biochar, we remove and bury it so it never returns to the air.

 

A pecan tree and its pecans absorb carbon from the air to build the cells of its fruit. The pecan is harvested and enjoyed, but what happens to the carbon in residues not eaten, such as the shell? Typically, it's burned, returning the carbon immediately to the atmosphere, or it's left to decompose, returning the carbon more slowly, but still returning it. Each plant cell is a very short-term carbon sink in agriculture.

 

If we take this agricultural waste and process it in Tierra Prieta using controlled and sustainable pyrolysis, we can transform the carbon into a black powder highly resistant to decomposition, BIOCHAR. This black powder, when mixed with soil, is very unlikely to return to the atmosphere, with a lifespan of hundreds to thousands of years.

 

At Tierra Prieta, in addition to offering high-quality biochar that improves plant quality and saves water and fertilizer, we also capture carbon in the soil.

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