Media Articles

A Tradition Worth Buying Into.

Inspired by the *Financial Times* feature on the modern-day Woodlanders of Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, this article looks at why traditional charcoal making still matters. It explores the threat from imported charcoal and supports the Back British Charcoal campaign’s call to choose British and help keep these woodland skills alive.

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Imported charcoal, a top driver of global deforestation, remains unregulated in Britain.

My name is Jim Bettle and I am the NCFed National Charcoal Representative, I set up The Dorset Charcoal Company back in 1997 and am proud...

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More than one in three unable to correctly identify that charcoal is made from wood!

In a survey conducted into the UK public's attitudes to sustainability of charcoal, 8 per cent didn't know what charcoal is made from.

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Is Charcoal The New Black?

Judging by the number of articles online about charcoal being the latest ingredient everyones into. Demonstrating charcoals versatility...

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Charcoal's digestive benefits for pets and horses.

Blackmore Vale Magazine - 16th November 2016 Although known for supplying top quality, locally made barbecue charcoal, the Blackmore Vale Business Awards Green Award 2016 winner Dorset Charcoal Company has been supplying its fine granular charcoal to animal owners for a number of years. Charcoals benefits to digestion have been known by countless generations and whereas charcoal tablets have been readily available to humans, the animal equivalent has not been so. Charcoal is

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