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# Low-tech biochar production in a kon-tiki kiln

*<mark style="color:$danger;">This is a</mark>* [*<mark style="color:$danger;">bricolage</mark>*](broken://pages/sU80QbSDJl3ALyzYPg18) *<mark style="color:$danger;">protocol; which means we are building it in public! Some pages are under construction — but check back soon its updating fast!</mark>*&#x20;

Remember that biochar has to be created, activated, and then sequestered to work properly. We'll go over each in turn. &#x20;

<figure><img src="/files/tR69bUA464PFDhNVWZNN" alt="Wood burning down to embers and ash in a shallow square metal pan under a shade structure, biochar production, Putumayo."><figcaption><p>Biochar production in a kon-tiki kiln at a second generation portable nursery on <a href="https://www.savimbo.com/grower/200-gremos-farm?rq=gremo">Taita Leonidis' farm</a>, Villagarzón, Putumayo — the kind of small-batch char farmers use to build soil.</p></figcaption></figure>


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