Must RSVP to purchase tickets in advance ($25): http://bit.ly/BiocharVT.

The Vermont Forest Industry Network and the Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Board Forestry Committee will Meet Up at the Hardwick Town House this Thursday (3/7) from 9-4 to explore biochar's potential as an innovative wood product. Speakers will include nationally-recognized speaker and author Kathleen Draper, from the Ithaka Institute for Carbon Intelligence; Kaitlin Hayes, Vermont State Water Quality Specialist and manager of the Vermont Phosphorus Innovation Challenge; Donna Pion and Luke Persons with Green State Biochar in Greensboro Bend, and Tom Vanacore with Rock Dust Local in Bridport, who will share their knowledge and experience with this intriguing product made from woody biomass. Stay for lunch, and then tour a nearby timber sale being logged by students at Green Mountain Technology and Career Center in Hardwick.