Let’s try this again
We are still trying to get a truck, trailer and grapple dedicated to Trees2Products. Using the farm gear has kept us from achieving all we can. Slow but sure and steady wins the race, but we’ll see if we can…
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Tag Archive: sustainable
Biochar and Animal Confinement
I suffer from anosmia. Meaning I can’t smell. Not sour milk. Not skunk aftermath. Not the manure in the stock yard. But I have people in my life with over active olfactory sensory neurons. They smell it very well and…
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A Bus Tour Came
Wednesday August 8, 2018 was a history maker. A UNL Extension tour visited Slezak Ag & Natural Resources and Trees2Products. We shared how we got here, why we believe in sustainable utilization of our natural resources and what we are doing to…
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Urban Tree Utilization
We have joined the Urban Wood Network (UWN), to share knowledge and lessons learned as we work to keep tree removals out of tree dumps and waste burn piles. Many have been doing it for years in other states. What…
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GPBI Grant in the news
Our grant award is in the news… Thanks, The Nebraska Signal. If you want to follow along as we develop Trees2Biochar with material not suited to the sawmill, please like our Facebook page @trees2products. For more info on…
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Biochar for soil and personal health
So many uses for biochar. It can improve your soil and therefore crop growth, but can it also reduce health care costs? This from a research study at Rice University. When I first saw the headline, I thought they were…
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Great Plains Biochar Initiative Grant Award
“Waste” to Value Added Product We are passionate about our natural resources. From soil to all things that depned on it to grow. When a farmer can improve the soil, they can decrease inputs and improve their bottom line. When…
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Maybe you missed the “World Day of Care for Creation”
Pope Francis declared September 1, 2017 the World Day of Care for Creation. Something the Orthodox Church has done since 1989. The annual day of prayer offers individuals and the community of believers as a whole to “…renew our personal participation…
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All in the Family
Have a tree planted by an ancestor? Don’t loose the history when the tree dies. Let’s craft a dream. Have a large family? Depending on size of tree, we can make serveral …. mantel clocks; wall clocks; butcher blocks; picture…
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#bizchampion purchases, part 2
It’s a fun to be a #BizChampion. Always fun spending money, right? When it’s items you’ve been wanting or are possible to help with efficiency? Thanks to the opprotunity SCORE and Sam’s Club provided, we were able to get some…
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