Bob Wells uses a top-lit updraft gasifier to make biochar, demonstrating how important it is to have the correct ratio of heat, oxygen, and fuel. Beginning with a clean-burning fire, he smothers it to create the cloud of... Read more
Cape Cod Times By Lorelei Stevens lstevens@capecodonline.com EASTHAM - Down a rutted road in a tidy industrial park bay, Bob Wells and his crew are building behemoth machines with the idea of saving the planet.... Read more
Sonoma Biochar Initiative The following, composed by New England Biochar partner Bob Wells, sums up that company’s approach to biochar education. It has often occurred to me that our children are not only being... Read more
edible Cape Cod By Michelle Koch | July 13, 2009 Like Wallace, Eastham farmer Bob Wells amends his soil heavily with mulch and compost, but his unique twist is to add some biochar. Biochar is a solid charcoal mad... Read more
edible Cape Cod By Elizabeth Saito | September 15, 2010 Five years ago, Bob Wells of Eastham read about the terra preta soils in the book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. At the time, he was... Read more
Cape Cod Times By Lorelei Stevens lstevens@capecodonline.com EASTHAM - Down a rutted road in a tidy industrial park bay, Bob Wells and his crew are building behemoth machines with the idea of saving the planet.... Read More
