Vegan Organic Network

Improved soil condition, increased yields and reduced global warming are just three of the huge potential benefits of biochar, the residue obtained from burning biomass in a fire without oxygen.

Craig Sams of Carbon Gold, writing in the summer edition of the Vegan-Organic Network’s magazine Growing Green International, is clear about biochar’s future role: “We should minimise burning biomass and avoid feeding it to animals – turning it into biochar is our single most effective tool to reverse global warming.”

“The Future of Rural Land Use” conference to be held in London on 4 June 2009 is a chance to discuss the changes which need to take place in the countryside if catastrophic climate change is to be avoided. The Vegan-Organic Network has a rational and sustainable solution.

The Vegan-Organic Network is a registered charity working to promote stockfree organic agriculture throughout the world. Its members and supporters are farmers, market gardeners, growers and gardeners, not all of whom are vegans or even vegetarians. However, they are united in recognising the need for a fundamental restructuring of food production methods and land use and their importance for human well-being and social justice, for animal welfare and biodiversity and in the battle for environmental sustainability.