TOWING, a spin-off from Nagoya University, develops and sells a high-performance biochar called "Soratan," which uses "high-performance soil technology," a technology for managing artificial soil by adding microorganisms to biochar (porous material) such as charcoal and mixing it with organic fertilizer. This makes it possible to grow soil in only about one month, instead of the three to five years it usually takes for a field.
TOWING's proprietary technologies for biochar pretreatment and microbial cultivation are combined with technologies developed by the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) for practical use.
Activities and research are also being actively conducted to apply this technology to the realization of space agriculture.