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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Amazon farming technique may fight global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Fifteen hundred years ago, tribes people from the central Amazon basin mixed their soil with charcoal derived from animal bone and tree bark. Today, at the site of this charcoal deposit, scientists have found some of the richest, most fertile soil in the world. Now this ancient, remarkably simple farming technique seems far ahead of the curve, holding promise as a carbon-negative strategy to rein in world hunger as well as greenhouse gases.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Biochar fund to fight hunger, energy poverty, deforestation, and global warming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Biopact, a leading bioenergy web site, has announced the creation of a "Biochar Fund" to help poor farmers improve their quality of life without hurting the environment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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