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
News reel: How is wollastonite fighting climate change (in two minutes)
There are lots of other minerals we can use, wollastonite is a great place to start and prove out this simple shovel ready technology for climate change with benefits agriculture. Click to watch the video
Does wollastonite really capture carbon?
Learn all about it in an an excellent overview posted by our partner UNDO. This blog provides a great description of all things wollastonite and carbon capture. There’s a huge amount of potential in using rock dusts for carbon capture and we invite you to get involved, learn more here.
Canadian Wollastonite Joins UNDO to Help Canadian Farmers and Combat Climate Change
Canadian Wollastonite is playing a pivotal role in one of the world’s largest enhanced rock weathering (ERW) carbon removal projects while simultaneously helping Canadian farmers. In partnership with UK-based company UNDO, Canadian Wollastonite aims to permanently remove over 1 million tonnes of CO2 in the coming years by spreading crushed wollastonite on local farmland. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A match made for the greenhouse
Seedlings are watching the environment and making calculated guesses about how to maximize their reproductive potential. If the environment is extreme and nutrients are lacking, seedlings are setting themselves up for a harsher life with less yield to ensure survival. The power of calcium + silicon in wollastonite has something to offer every stress presented […]
Connecting the dots – Synergy with Wollastonite, Plants & Soil
This unique study summarizes three previous studies highlighting the multiple benefits of growing plants with crushed silicates, focusing on wollastonite. Here is a figure from this study showing how the three previous studies relate and demonstrate their findings : Links to studies summarized above: Study 1: Co-Benefits of Wollastonite Weathering in […]
