Super Vegetable Garden

Pro-Natura International, in association with the social business JTS Seeds, has developed the innovative, ecological and highly productive Super Vegetable Garden. Initially planned for Africa, this enriched garden yields a perfectly balanced diet for 10 people on a surface area  of  60  m2.  It  is  a  combination  of  the  Improved  Tropical  Garden  (ITG)  of  JTS  Seeds, and Pro-Natura’s Biochar. This garden is a promise for a richer, healthier future worldwide.

The result of 15 years of research and 30 years of field experience, initially demonstrated in Niger and Senegal, the biological growing technique involved is  applicable to all tropical zones.  The  corresponding  kit  includes the  necessary  seeds,  soil  amendments, adapted  irrigation  devices  together  with specially  adapted  equipment  (covering veils, tools etc.). The price ex -production
facility in France is from 149  €.

The  GMO  free  seeds  are  the  fruit  of  15 years  of  specialist  selection.  Production in this garden is constant all year round, whatever  the  season,  involving  a consistently  regular  cycle  of  45  days. Water  consumption  is  reduced  by  more than  80%,  the  necessary  workload limited to 2 hours per day. 

Among  the  notable  innovative  aspects  of  the  Super  Vegetable  Garden is  the  inclusion  of biochar, produced thanks to Pro-Natura’s green charcoal  technology. Soil fertilization using charcoal dust (biochar) is an ancestral practice first employed more than 7,000 years ago by pre -Columbian Indians in the Amazon regions. The exceptional properties of these soils are  still  discernable  today,  as  has  recently  been  discovered  by  the  scientific  community which as a result now shows great interest in biochar.  

Pro-Natura’s  biochar  avoids  ecological  problems  linked  to  charcoal  production  since  it involves  green  charcoal,  exclusively  produced  from  renewable  biomass  (agricultural  or forest  residues  not  used  for  cattle  feed;  organic  matter,  invasive  plants  etc.).  It  is  the product of  a continuous carbonization process, both efficient and ecological, using Pyro -6 and  Pyro-7  machines.  Complementary  fertilizers  are  limited  to  organic  products  such  as compost and manure.  In  and  of  itself,  biochar  allows  for  the  doubling  in  productivity  of  agricultural  land,  if  not more, once the soil has been fertilized by incorporating one kilograms of biochar per m2.  In  addition  to  this  direct  fertilizing  effect,  biochar  also  acts  as  a  sustainable  carbon  sink. This induces the sequestration of carbon from atmospheric CO2, (one ton of biochar being the equivalent of 3 tons of CO2), thus mitigating long -term climate change.