Amazon to Sell Vega Biofuels “Big Bag of Biochar” New Package Design a Result of Interest From Online Retail Market
Norcross, Georgia – November 17, 2017, Vega Biofuels, Inc. (OTCPink: VGPR) announced today that as a result of interest from online retail outlets, the Company has designed the “Big Bag of Biochar”. The Company has entered into an agreement with Amazon to market the one cubic foot bags on its website, amazon.com. The new packaging is currently in production and Vega Biofuels plans to have the product available online in January.
Vega Biofuels recently announced that it has entered into a five year Reseller Agreement to provide the Company’s Biochar to legal cannabis growers in Alaska. Large growers will still purchase the product in super sacks that ship on pallets via common carrier. New legislation in Alaska allows every resident to grow cannabis plants in their own home. By making our Biochar available on Amazon, these home growers will have access to the same super soil enhancement that the larger commercial growers use.
Biochar is a highly absorbent specially designed charcoal-type product primarily used as a soil enhancement for the agricultural industry to significantly increase crop yields. Biochar offers a powerfully simple solution to some of today’s most urgent environmental concerns. The production of Biochar for carbon sequestration in the soil is a carbon-negative process. Biochar is made from timber waste using torrefaction technology and the Company’s patent pending manufacturing machine. When put back into the soil, Biochar can stabilize the carbon in the soil for hundreds of years. The introduction of Biochar into soil is not like applying fertilizer; it is the beginning of a process. Most of the benefit is achieved through microbes and fungi. They colonize its massive surface area and integrate into the char and the surrounding soil, dramatically increasing the soil’s ability to nurture plant growth and provide increased crop yield.
“This is a very big step for our Company,” stated Michael K. Molen, Chairman/CEO of Vega Biofuels, Inc. “Our original plan was to market the Biochar in five gallon buckets, but after negotiations with national shipping companies, we determined the bags would be cheaper to ship in small quantities. We have received a lot of interest from growers wanting to purchase our Biochar online. We felt the deal with Amazon is a better solution than building our own e commerce site. We will also continue to market the
