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Char Chit Chat

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Char Chit Chat is created by Dylan Graves and explores char in New Zealand and beyond. The podcast aims to interview a range of people involved in biochar, activated charcoal, carbon anodes, and so on. The main subject will tend to be biochar as that is most accessible and scales from individuals making char in their woodstove over the winter to large industrial pyrolysis units outputting several tonnes per day. Biochar is also a great soil conditioner and improver and so is relevant to gardeners and farmers alike. An introduction and overview of Biochar: https://www.sces.org.nz/biochar

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July 27, 2026

CCC S2E12 with Greg Hart (Mangarara Farm)

Episode 12 features well known regenerative farmer Greg Hart from <a href="https://www.mangarara.co.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mangarara Farm</a> in the Hawkes Bay region. Dylan has known about Greg and his tree planting for many years and met Greg at the Underground Festival in 2025 after he attended his biochar workshop. It's great that Greg is now seeing the benefits of biochar to his farming systems and he is an excellent advocate for its widespread adoption.Greg talks about his farming journey and his move towards exploring better ways of raising animals without the abundant use of fossil fuels once he realised it's completely unsustainable around 20 years ago. Trees on farm are a massive part of this as are other ways of cycling nutrients such as on farm slaughter and charring of bones.Greg also is interested in intentional communities and is setting up an agrihood to address the "more people needed on the land" issue in a proactive and practical way. An introduction and overview of Biochar: https://www.sces.org.nz/biocharThe national biochar association in NZ: https://biochar.net.nz/ (BNNZ)https://freesound.org/people/joshuaempyre/sounds/250749/

July 18, 2026

CCC S2E11 with Shakēd From

Shakēd is involved in a large variety of endeavours and we talk about these for awhile before biochar comes up, but hopefully you will still find it all interesting! We chat about a 3 year <a href="https://www.seagullcentre.co.nz/black-soldier-fly-project" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">black soldier fly trial</a> using food waste to make fertiliser and high protein animal food, <a href="https://www.watchdog.org.nz/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">gold mining awareness and activism</a>, local resilience and education through <a href="https://thebaskethauraki.my.canva.site/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Basket Hauraki</a> organisation, and of course about biochar at home at the intentional community where Shakēd and his family live (<a href="https://www.pakarakafarm.co.nz/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.pakarakafarm.co.nz</a>).

June 20, 2026

CCC S2E10 with Phil Stevens (Slow Farm)

Dylan's first face to face podcast with an update from Phil in Ashhurst about what he is up to (S1E2 <a href="https://passionatepermies.wordpress.com/2025/02/07/my-new-podcast-char-chit-chat/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">here</a>). We had just returned from Hamilton with John after Fieldays 2026 and I was spending two days staying with Phil on my way to Wellington. Phil has been at this <a href="https://slowfarm.co.nz/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">property</a>, soon after arriving from the States, for 21 years. It was great to have a tour of his permaculture influenced block of around 1 ha in size. Captioned photos show some of what was on show: <a href="https://passionatepermies.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/phil-stevens-podcast-no-2/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://passionatepermies.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/phil-stevens-podcast-no-2/</a> Phil also showed me a small local community garden at the library and community orchard near his farm. It seems Ashhurst has benefited from like minded people contributing towards community resilience over the years. Phil is the current Chair of <a href="https://biochar.net.nz/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Biochar Network New Zealand</a> and also has some great biochar info on his Slow Farm website: <a href="https://slowfarm.co.nz/services/biochar" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://slowfarm.co.nz/services/biochar</a> Listen to the podcast on your favourite podcast app, including YouTube podcasts.

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What is Char Chit Chat?: Char Chit Chat is created by Dylan Graves and explores char in New Zealand and beyond. The podcast aims to interview a range of people involved in biochar, activated charcoal, carbon anodes, and so on. The main subject will tend to be biochar as that is most accessible and scales from individuals making char in their woodstove over the winter to large industrial pyrolysis units outputting several tonnes per day. Biochar is also a great soil conditioner and improver and so is relevant to gardeners and farmers alike.

An introduction and overview of Biochar: https://www.sces.org.nz/biochar
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 6 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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