Luis Campos

The Los Angeles Times recently ran a stark story: farmer Todd Tracy of Buttonwillow, California is converting 2,600 acres to a solar project — not because he wants to, but because lack of water makes it impossible to grow crops. Across California's Central Valley, one of the most productive agricultural regions on earth, farmers are walking away from soil that fed a nation. Before that land gets covered in panels, there's a question worth asking: what if the soil itself could hold more water?...

The numbers are in — and they're turning heads across the agricultural and environmental sectors. The American Biochar Institute's newly released 2025 United States Biochar Market Report reveals a landmark milestone: the economic value of the U.S. biochar industry has tripled since 2023. Rapid growth is occurring across agriculture, water filtration, carbon sequestration, and other emerging markets — and the momentum shows no signs of slowing. Why This Matters for Buyers, Growers, and Land...

Why does biochar work so well in soil? The answer is in the micropores — thousands of hollow channels per gram of biochar that hold water, nutrients, and microbial communities for decades. Here's the science behind Terra Char®.