Microsoft’s new carbon removal deal will accelerate enhanced rock weathering science in Kingston area
It’s official, here’s the big news on carbon capture and it is happening right here at Canadian Wollastonite. Full article available here
Carbon Capture in the News
There is a lot of science to match the excitement that is building around using rocks to capture CO2 from the atmosphere while providing benefits for crops and rural communities. Click here for our the latest coverage from CBC
Adding silicon to soil can help control clubroot in canola
Clubroot in canola can be reduced by up to 46% This article and study discuss the metabolic and physical changes that silicon provides canola. Silicon consistently shows improvements in plant metabolism enabling the plant to have more of the powerful molecules that attack the disease internally while at the same time silicon accumulates in cell […]
Got calcium? Mineral key to restoring forests
Here is an older article that provides an excellent summary of a longterm study looking at the impacts of wollastonite addition to a forest ecosystem. For example, the treated watershed produced 21% more wood over a 10 year period. That is a huge amount of organic carbon capture and represents a massive potential for forests […]
CW Research Profiled: Harnessing the Power of Wollastonite for Carbon Sequestration
We have moved quickly this spring working with the great team at Trent University to get this innovative project up and running. Harnessing the Power of Wollastonite for Carbon Sequestration At the Trent University Experimental Farm, a research project is underway to harness the potential of wollastonite to combat climate change and revolutionize agriculture. Led […]
Wollastonite in the news again, this time in our local paper
After an hour long radio feature we sparked interest in our local paper, the Review Mirror. The excitement is palpable when farmers and homeowners start to learn about and use wollastonite. We are working on some larger projects too, more on that soon. Here’s the article:
Solutions to climate change will come in sorts of shapes and sizes
This article is from the higher-tech side of carbon sequestration solutions and features a process of storing carbon by cooling and pressurizing CO2 and then injecting it with water deep into the earth’s crust where it will react with silicates to form magnesium and calcium carbonates. These are minerals (rocks) that permanently store carbon deep […]
Innovation everywhere, this time under really thick ice
Powdered rock that can capture carbon when spread on soils as been found in quantities that could fertilize every inch of agricultural land on the planet. There would be a fair bit of work to do before this solution lands on the ground in a big way. The article is missing clues about the rock […]
Carbon capture in real-time
Our latest R & D partnership with Yale and Trent University is hitting the ground running. Last week wollastonite was spread on 10 acres of soybean fields at 3 mt/acre, with a 2.5-acre kept as a control plot. Then scientific equipment was set up to collect soil water for analysis and measure soil moisture, nutrient […]
Grower Profile – Cookstown Greens
This week we caught up with Cookstown Greens. They have been using wollastonite on their beets for two years and are looking to apply it across the whole farm next season. Simon explained the beets struggled with leaf spot that wouldn’t go away until they applied 1200 lbs/acre of wollastonite mixed with compost. Cookstown Greens […]
