One founder, one farm, a long career in the field.

I've been working in biological farming, agronomy, environmental remediation and biochar production for years now. The work started on my own land in Central Victoria — making char from storm-ravaged trees and shelterbelt residues that would otherwise have been fire hazards — and it expanded into consulting because the same questions kept coming up across other people's properties.

A big chunk of what I do now is expert consultations on biochar. After enough time in the field, I've seen what works on a putting green, what works in a feedlot ration, what works in a parkland subsoil, and where biochar's not the right answer. The published research has caught up to a lot of what we already knew from running the kiln; the gap is in translating that research into something a farmer or council manager can actually act on. That translation is the work.

The other side of the practice is silvaculture and forest management — converting fire-load and storm debris into a productive soil-carbon resource rather than a hazard. The flame-curtain method we use is a controlled industrial process: pyrolysis temperatures held to spec, output carbon content independently lab-tested, particle size graded for the intended use. A long way from an open-paddock burn.

Three ways we work: we'll come to your property and produce biochar on site, we'll supply biochar by the cubic metre, or we'll take on consulting and project work — biological farming, forest management, carbon, water. If you've got a paddock, a putting green, a parkland, or a milking shed where biochar might fit, call me.

— Luca Brew. Possible Agriculture, Central Victoria.