Updates

Bioprospecting

January 2018
Soil C Quest started out 2018 by embarking on its first bioprospecting (bi-o-pros-pect-ing) project around the Nymagee and Mt Hope districts of Western NSW. Bombarded by an army of flies and in 40+ degree heat we were on a mission to identify a carbon fixing and water stress relieving endophyte that has adapted to the harsh conditions.
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31 October 2017
We reached 40% Well Done! Help us reach our target by going to our online campaign.
 
26 October 2017
Support Soil C Quest to enable research for soil carbon sequestration, transferring carbon from the air into the worlds soils.

UPDATE: Why the 11.2 K Crowd funding limit??

Soil C Quest Crowdfunding supporters have been asking the question why the US$11.5K (Au$15K) limit on our fundraising target 🎯.

The answer… Soil C Quest has just become a Not-For-Profit Research Institute, which required us to go through a formal process to apply to fundraise. We had set a date to launch our crowdfunding campaign in connection with the NSW Landcare and Local Land Services Conference in Albury and wanted to fulfil this commitment.

Because we value our not-for-profit status and the trust of our supporters, we want to play by the rules…the new rules tell us we can only crowdfund up to Au$15 000 until we have our fundraising application formally approved. This process takes about three weeks… then we can crowdfund any financial target. 

So… watch this space…..a big surprise is coming soon.

Cheers and thanks for all your fantastic support.

The Soil C Quest Team.

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GLASS HOUSE TRIALS

November 2017
Soil C Quest have a replicated pot trial set up in a DPI glasshouse in Orange (below).  We are looking at carbon sequestration rates of some carbon fungi isolates.  The carbon testing etc required for this component of the project is ~$10000 – $15000. Find out more below….
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ANGUS’ AMAZING CLIMATE CHALLENGE TO ELON MUSK
16 September 2017

Join Angus with his AMAZING quest to contact Elon Musk and help address Climate Change.

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GUY WEBB WINS TEDX FAST PITCH
June 2017

Guy Webb is promoting farmers who are Carbon Capturing Climate Superheros in his TEDX Fast Pitch and the people agree that the project has legs. See minute 5:15 and 11:43

THE WORLD’S FIRST LONG TERM CARBON FUNGI TRIAL
26 August 2016

The World’s first long term carbon fungi trial Message from the Front Line: the Farmers. It took a conversation between farmers and scientists to recognize the capacity and practicality of this technology.

Guy Webb & Mick Wettenhall

11 days left to vote for Soil C Quest 2031 in the ‘100 Projects for Climate’ competition:Reason 11.Message from the Front Line: the Farmers.It took a conversation between farmers and scientists to recognise the capacity and practicality of this technology. Meet Soil C Quest's Guy Webb & Mick Wettenhall in this video:VOTE FOR US HERE:http://www.100projetspourleclimat.gouv.fr/en/projects/307-soil-c-quest-2031

Posted by Soil C Quest on Saturday, 25 June 2016
WE’RE USING NATURE….THE POWER OF THE SOIL TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE PROBLEM
26 August 2016

We’re using NATURE…THE POWER OF THE SOIL to solve the climate problem. The answers are always offered by nature, we just need to look, and Professor Peter McGee along with Dr Tendo Mukasa Mugerwa and others actually did! Professor McGee explains soil carbon sequestration using very specific fungi here.

Peter McGee talks SoilCQuest

12 days left to vote for Soil C Quest 2031 in the ‘100 Projects for Climate’ competition:Reason 12.We're using NATURE...THE POWER OF THE SOIL to solve the climate problem.The answers are always offered by nature, we just need to look, and Professor Peter McGee along with Dr Tendo Mukasa Mugerwa and others actually did! Professor McGee explains soil carbon sequestration using very specific fungi here:VOTE FOR SOIL C QUEST IN THE 100 PROJECTS FOR CLIMATE:http://www.100projetspourleclimat.gouv.fr/en/projects/307-soil-c-quest-203112 days to go...voting ends July 6

Posted by Soil C Quest on Saturday, 25 June 2016
IT’S A MATTER OF FOOD SECURITY
26 August 2016

Soil carbon underpins soil fertility and the ability of the worlds farmers to produce nutritious food sustainably. We can take the carbon from the air and put it to good use for regenerative agriculture

Mick Wettenhall - Soil C Quest 2031

4 days left to vote for Soil C Quest 2031 in the ‘100 Projects for Climate’ competition:Reason 4.FOOD SECURITY. Soil carbon underpins soil fertility and the ability of the worlds farmers to produce nutritious food sustainably. We can take the carbon from the air and put it to good use for regenerative agriculture.VOTE FOR SOIL C QUEST IN THE '100 PROJECTS FOR CLIMATE'www.100projetspourleclimat.gouv.fr/en/projects/307-soil-c-quest-20314 days to go...voting ends July 6

Posted by Soil C Quest on Saturday, 2 July 2016
IT’S A MATTER OF ADOPTABILITY
26 August 2016

It’s a matter of ADOPTABILITY… we plan to create and make available a natural technology that ANY farmer can easily and economically use to increase their soil carbon and crop productivity. Conventional, organic, horticulture, broad-acre, corporate, subsistence….any farm, any farmer, all farms, all farmers, over millions of hectares!! Imagine the C02 sequestration potential! …We can only achieve this scale if it is easy to adopt…so we make it easy.

Soil C Quest 2031

5 days left to vote for Soil C Quest 2031 in the ‘100 Projects for Climate’ competition:Reason 5.It’s a matter of ADOPTABILITY… we plan to create and make available a natural technology that ANY farmer can easily and economically use to increase their soil carbon and crop productivity. Conventional, organic, horticulture, broad-acre, corporate, subsistence....any farm, any farmer, all farms, all farmers, over millions of hectares!! Imagine the C02 sequestration potential! We can only achieve this scale if it is easy to adopt...so we make it easy.VOTE FOR SOIL C QUEST FOR THE '100 PROJECTS FOR CLIMATE'http://www.100projetspourleclimat.gouv.fr/en/projects/307-soil-c-quest-20315 days to go...voting end July 6

Posted by Soil C Quest on Friday, 1 July 2016
A PROBLEM BECOMES A SOLUTION
26 August 2016

A problem becomes a SOLUTION…less carbon in the air is good for the climate, more carbon in the soil is good for food production.

Mick Wettenhall

8 days left to vote for Soil C Quest 2031 in the ‘100 Projects for Climate’ competition:Reason 8.A problem becomes a SOLUTION…less carbon in the air is good for the climate, more carbon in the soil is good for food production.Soil C Quest's Mick Wettenhall gives a farmer's perspective here:VOTE FOR SOIL C QUEST IN THE '100 PROJECTS FOR CLIMATE'http://www.100projetspourleclimat.gouv.fr/en/projects/307-soil-c-quest-20318 days to go...voting ends July 6

Posted by Soil C Quest on Wednesday, 29 June 2016