A new collaboration agreement will allow to test the qualities of two bioproducts: biochar, as a soil improver, and wood vinegar, as a natural herbicide. The Department of Environment of FGUA and Hnos. Corral Manzano, the most important producer of aromatic plants in the province of Guadalajara, has signed a collaboration agreement, to seek greater sustainability in their plantations, specifically, of lavender. The agreement is reached within the framework of the European project Lignobiolife, coordinated by the Department of Environmental of FGUA, which works to obtain, wood vinegar from forest residues, a natural herbicide that would replace the controversial glyphosate. In addition, Biochar, an edaphic improver that lasts hundreds of years in the soil, is obtained in the process. "We are very interested in improving the sustainability of agricultural practices of lavender, which is an emerging crop and closely linked to sustainable land use. In addition, it is essential to redu...