Our exclusive process has numerous advantages:

Ø Zero emissions and no toxic feedstocks
Ø Environmentally friendly
Ø Captures all volatile substances to maximize biofuel outputs
Ø Produces the finest biochar possible
Ø Assures high porosity and surface area of biochar
Ø Has a carbon negative footprint
Ø Produces biochar that is a 7-3-7 fertilizer
Ø Biochar has an extraordinary carbon content of 87% of dry weight
Ø Produces an activated biochar that binds to and renders

surface aflotoxins harmless

PROPERTIES OF BIOCHAR

Biochar is one of the most exciting substances available in the agricultural and environmental industries for a number of reasons. It helps reverse global warming by removing CO2 global warming gas from the atmosphere and returning or sequestering it to the earth for millennia.  Biochar can increase the yield of home gardens and farmland by as much as 400% depending on the soil being farmed. It can increase the efficiency of fertilizers by as much as 300% and significantly increase the nitrogen uptake of plants. It reduces the amount of global warming nitrogen gases and CO2 released into the atmosphere by agricultural land. Biochar helps the soil retain water, reducing the need for irrigation and creates a bioactive oil that is more resistant to erosion.  It provides a breeding ground for numerous beneficial micro-organisms and other lifeforms that contribute to the nutrient content of foods. This enables barren soils to become fertile and promotes the growth of nutrient dense crops with significant health benefits. Biochar becomes even more effective when mixed with rock dust and other minerals, micro-organisms or trace elements  It can help home gardeners produce the most plentiful, nutrient dense, and healthy crops possible. 

Vee-Go’s Biochar Xtra (VBX) provides all of the above benefits and provides a carbon content of 87% of dry weight, an extraordinary amount when compared to other biochars or charcoals. VBX is also a 7-3-7 fertilizer, yet has one other very important characteristic. Because it is highly active and carbon intensive, VBX has been shown to adsorb and neutralize toxic fungi that live on the soil and plague grain farms everywhere. VBX has also been tested and found to be a suitable replacement for coal in generation facilities.

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION
OF VEE-GO BIOCHAR XTRA

AFLOTOXIN BINDING TEST RESULTS
OF VEE-GO BIOCHAR XTRA

Research Note: CLS 07-081 - 8/23/07 DJS

BIOChar Sample from Vee-Go Energy / NB 442

Introduction
A sample of a biochar was received from Vee-Go Energy in early June 2007. Analysis of the products toxin binding properties was requested. After receipt of the sample in early August an analysis of the samples ability to bind aflatoxins was assayed using the two-step binding model.

MATERIALS AND METHODS
Aflatoxin challenge was 5 ppb of each of B1,B2, G1 and G2. Dosage of binders was 10, 30 and 50 mg in 10 ml of toxin containing buffer. Initial pH was 3.0 and the desorption pH buffer was at 6.8. RP-HPLC analysis was conducted using fluorescence detection. Standards and challenge toxin was prepared from stock standard solutions that were prepared from Sigma standards purchased in July 07.

Figure 1.  Aflatoxin binding results of biochar sample submitted from Vee-Go Energy using the two step test model.

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Table 1.  Tabulated binding data for biochar sample received from Vee-Go Energy.