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Billy The Horse & Dorset Charcoal.
January 2015 Clare from Hazelbury Bryan... Since Billy had that hiccup of Gastric Colic, he’s now moving off of his ulcer treatment and...

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Our Kiln Technology is Mobile!
We are Mobile! This is important particularly to Dorset, which although with 12% woodland coverage it is characterised by a lot of small...

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Charcoal & The Environment.
Trees use the Sun’s energy to take CO2 from the air and turn it into wood. We then convert the wood into fuel as logs and charcoal. When...

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HORSE & RIDER - A natural helping hand for gastric health
We are very pleased to have been mentioned in Horse & Rider magazine. Here's what they said: "The Dorset Charcoal Company’s Granular...

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Benefits of Feeding Cattle Biochar
Australian farmer Doug Pow has had some amazing results from feeding his cattle biochar mixed with molasses. His whole-farm biochar...

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Finger Lickin' Good BBQ Ribs With Beer.
From the book Eat Dorset by Michael Feasey, Brian Neesam "I love to barbecue, especially with good charcoal like that made by the...

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Barbecue Thai Style Prawns.
Ingredients • 12 or 24 (starter or main course) raw sustainably fished tiger prawns in their shells, with their heads removed. • 1...

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Is UK Barbecue Charcoal Fuelling Global Deforestation?
In response to the BBC's article of the above title 20-07-18, we've replied with the following... The answer is no! Producers of UK BBQ...

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Chargrilled Vegetables.
Serves 4 as a side dish. Ingredients • 2 Medium-sized Artichokes, halved and chokes removed. • 4 Garlic bulbs. • 8 Large Tomatoes,...

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Build Your Own Barbecue.
There are endless ways to make a Charcoal Barbecue Here Johnny Blegs gives you perfect instructions on how to build your own barrel...

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Barbecue Sausage Selection.
Serves 4 as a main dish. Ingredients • 1kg (2lb) assorted sausages, such as smoked kielbasa, toulouse, chorizo, bratwurst. • 4 Onions,...

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Teeth Whitening With Charcoal.
Our Charcoal Powder is now available for whitening your teeth! • Teeth Whitening Toothpaste for visibly whiter smiles. Removes stains and...

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Charcoal Powder in high demand after the banning of Micro-beads in cosmetics.
Our Charcoal Powder is more and more in demand by the cosmetic industry as it provides a sustainable natural alternative. Read this...

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The Big Biochar Experiment.
The Dorset Charcoal Company recently supplied Kew Gardens in London, and two large market garden enterprises in Dorset with large amounts...

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Golf Course trial's of Biochar soil improver shows positive results.
An article from Horticulture Week - 20 November 2017, by Sarah Cosgrove. "A trial of a turf improver with its roots in traditional...

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Three Delicious BBQ Recipes...
Marcus Bowdon from Country Woodsmoke was featured in three excellent BBQ films by Richard Budd. Prepared with Passion BBQ Sweet Bread...

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Dorset artist Mike Chapman creates a masterpiece; then the tools get eaten!
Last winter we visited Harry Fry Racing Stables in the company of wonderful Dorset artist Mike Chapman and took these marvellous...

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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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Dorset Charcoal on ITV's 'This Morning'.
Dorset Charcoal made it on to "This Morning" on ITV last week when their resident chef Phil Vickery did an outside broadcast from Chessil...

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Woodlanders Ep8: Woodland Charcoal.
In 2017 we had Costa Boutsikaris, over from The States, filming our charcoal burning process for the Woodlanders series of films... "The...

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