Amanda Martindale said she hoped to get some hands-on experience while majoring in integrated science and technology. The biochar project has involved more hands-on work than she expected, but it has been a terrific experience.

Designed by JMU Students
Cutting Edge Heating System Tested at Rockingham Farm

By Eric Gorton and James Hong ('14), JMU Public Affairs

A Rockingham County farm could be heating a greenhouse and getting an environmentally friendly fertilizer supplement from the same system by early 2012.

Four JMU seniors have completed construction on a system that will produce heat while creating biochar, a soil supplement that is gaining attention around the world for its potential to boost crop yields.—Full story.

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