Accelerating Crop Resilience through Biochar
The Biochar Resilience Network enables organizations to contribute anonymized field trial data across agricultural applications, advancing collective understanding while protecting commercial and farmer interests.
How It Works
Three simple steps to join the network and start contributing to biochar science.
STEP 1
Sign Up
Join the Biochar Resilience Network by registering your organization. Membership is free and open to researchers, companies, project developers, NGOs, and other stakeholders working with biochar across all agricultural applications.
STEP 2
Submit Data
Contribute anonymized biochar field trial data using our standardized template. Share results from any crop type, geography, or application method. Your data helps build collective knowledge while protecting commercial interests and farmer privacy.
STEP 3
Access Aggregated Insights
Access aggregated findings and benchmarks from the collective dataset. View performance trends across crops, regions, and deployment methods. Use these insights to inform your biochar strategies and research directions.
Governance & Principles
Built on trust, transparency, and collaborative industry advancement.
Neutral Administration
The International Biochar Initiative acts as independent operator ensuring fair, transparent governance for all members
Technology Partnership
Valorize Systems provides secure platform infrastructure and data management
Standardized MRV
Consistent measurement, reporting, and verification protocols across all projects
Privacy by Design
Member data anonymized and aggregated to protect competitive interests
Aggregate Sharing
Individual submissions combined into sector-wide insights and benchmarks
Annual Transparency
Public reporting of aggregated results and network impact metrics
Operated by
International Biochar Initiative (IBI)
Neutral, non-profit administrator ensuring fair governance and data integrity
Governing Board Members
David Griswold
Industry Leadership & Supply Chain Transparency
Entrepreneur who spent more than two decades using the coffee trade as a vehicle for social and environmental change. As founder of Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers, he pioneered the "Relationship Coffee" model. Currently leading Climateb2C to make coffee a net-zero commodity, with producers actively participating in climate solutions.
Merce Domenech
Biochar Technical Implementation & Capacity Building
Decarbonisation consultant specialized in biochar, pyrolysis, and circularity. Over a decade of experience supporting implementation of multiple pyrolysis plants and biochar projects across Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Delivers hands-on training for farmers, agronomists, and practitioners on practical biochar application.
Luisa Marin
Executive Director, International Biochar Initiative
Leads global biochar adoption efforts through fundraising, partnerships, industry coordination, and policy engagement. Brings 25+ years of leadership in the NGO sector, managing multi-stakeholder environmental initiatives. Expertise spans strategic planning, blended finance, and climate-smart production systems.
Tristan Springer
Co-Founder & CEO, Valorize Systems
Builds at the intersection of AI, biomass-to-value systems, and industrial resilience. Works with agrifood and industrial companies to turn waste biomass into on-site energy and biochar-based carbon removals. Combines software and field expertise to integrate equipment data, automate MRV, and shorten certification timelines.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about the Biochar Resilience Network