All of us here at The Fish Lake Valley Biochar Initiative, wish to express our perpetual gratitude to Erich J. Knight, for visiting with us at our Nevada projects. His gracious outpouring of helpful insights, information and technical expertise will be invaluable to our projects and future success.

Thank you for such a memorable weekend. We all wish you much continued success.

Sincerely, Stuart W. Pringle, 

Director Global Stewardship Foundation, and the Fish Lake Valley Biochar Initiative, (With special thanks from: Richard, Dudley, Vera, Kat, Paul, Sean, Brett, Ramses, Rina,  Jimi, Thor and Seth.)

Erich J. Knight, is Chairman; Markets and Business Opportunities Review Committee

At our invitation, and,

with funding from Richard Green of Uvfx Group,

Erich J. Knight will be visiting our research facility on June 12/13

He will be conducting a fact-finding tour of alfalfa farming in Fish Lake Valley, Nevada

to assess the economic potential of the Fish Lake Valley Biochar/Bio-fuel Initiative

and report on his findings at the 2nd Annual BioChar Conference in Iowa on June 27/30

Erich J. Knight, is Chairman; Markets and Business Opportunities Review Committee

US Biochar Conference, at Iowa State University, June 2010

biorenew.iastate.edu/events/biochar2010.html

EcoTechnologies Group Technical Adviser

Eecotechnologies.com

Co-Administrator, Biochar Data base & Discussion list TP-REPP

May 4th, 2010 By Lauren Chambliss

A $250,000 feasibility study reports that the proposed Cornell University Renewable Bioenergy Initiative could produce $2 million a year in energy using campus-area renewable resources.

PhysOrg.com)The proposed Cornell University Renewable Bioenergy Initiative, CURBI will further commercial applicability of several technologies, including high-efficiency direct combustion, dry fermentation, anaerobic digestion and slow pyrolysis, a process which produces heat, combustible gases and a valuable byproduct called biochar. Biochar is generating attention at the White House and in Congress because it enriches soil and locks-in carbon in its charcoal-like structure; that makes slow pyrolysis potentially a carbon "negative" energy technology, sequestering more carbon on balance than it releases into the atmosphere during production. There is tremendous research interest in biochar, but currently no production capacity exists in the United States, the feasibility study found.

"Consistent with the Cornell Climate Action Plan, CURBI would help to reduce Cornell's use of fossil fuel," says Hoffmann. "But more important than that, CURBI will enable us to demonstrate how renewable energy could work in upstate New York with smaller, locally owned and operated energy systems that can handle a variety of inputs."

On June 27 - 30, join scientists, engineers, policymakers, policy analysts, producers, and users at this event and learn of recent advances in biochar science, technology, and policy.

The Bioeconomy Institute of Iowa State University is lead sponsor, organizer, and host for the conference. USBI, the United States Biochar Initiative, is co-sponsor of the event.

Track Sessions include:

• Origins and History
• Production
• Agriculture, Forestry, Soil Science and Environment
• Policy and Economics
• Markets and Business Opportunities
• Social and Community Dimensions
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• http://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/events/biochar2010.html