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VGrid Named Top Biochar Company by Agri Business Review
VGrid Energy was featured in the annual listing of companies that are at the forefront of providing biochar solutions and transforming businesses. VGrid Energy Systems: Turning Agricultural Waste into Bioenergy and Bio goods Rising temperatures, extreme weather...
Persist™ Delivers Impressive Results in Strawberry Trial
A 14.25% yield increase was achieved in marketable strawberries produced per acre.VGrid announced this week the results of a recently completed strawberry production trial by Holden Research & Consulting in Camarillo, California. Compared to the typical grower’s...
Protect Your Vineyard from Drought Conditions
Major wildfires, blistering heat waves, and a diminishing water supply are wreaking havoc on winemaking regions around the world. For California, where winemaking is a $100 billion industry, employing hundreds of thousands of workers, the drought conditions have...
Improvements in composting can help stop climate change
It’s no secret that composting is good for the environment, and while the process has been around for thousands of years, innovations in composting operations are creating stronger end-products that are helping to reverse climate change. While the transformation of...
Get the inside scoop on the benefits of biochar for turf
Jeff Norton, vice president of business development for V-Grid Energy Systems, says biochar — a captured carbon produced from agricultural waste — offers lawn care operators (LCOs) a way to get more out of their fertilizers as prices continue to soar. Jeff Norton...
Persist™ Biochar and PAF Receive OMRI Listing® for Organic Use
Persist™ biochar and PAF are now OMRI Listed® for use in certified organic production, according to the USDA National Organic Program regulations. The product is specifically listed in the OMRI class of crop fertilizers and soil...
Trade Your Crop Byproducts for Clean Electricity
VGrid Energy CEO Greg Campbell says the renewable energy company can offer you financial relief on bills for electricity, in trade for your byproducts. “By getting access to their crop waste, we save them money by having to...
VGrid One-Ups Carbon Neutrality with Technologies Designed to Reverse Climate Change
Pistachios are a great source of healthy fats, vitamin B6 and thiamine. Also –– electricity, as it turns out. Made possible by the cashew relative’s shell waste and California’s “ag country,” VGrid Energy Systems has developed...
VGrid Energy Systems Earns USDA Certified Biobased Product Label
VGrid Energy Systems announced today that it has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label. The product, Persist™ Biochar, is now able to display a unique USDA label that highlights its percentage of biobased content....
VGrid Certified as CO2 Removal Certificate (CORC) Supplier by Puro.Earth
Clean Electricity Creator VGrid Energy Systems Passes Comprehensive Certification Process. CAMARILLO, Calif., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VGrid Energy Systems, a leader in innovative renewable energy and premium biochar production, has been certified to supply the...
Don’t be so quick to ditch those lawns when drought hits
Pacific Coast Business Times, Guest Commentary, Sep. 9, 2022 -- Ventura County’s Turf Replacement Rebate Program is one of many in California making the news. Aimed at protecting California’s diminishing water supply, the program pays homeowners as much as $3,200 to...
CEO Magazine – The Carbon Catcher: Greg Campbell
Greg Campbell is a natural problem-solver. The more complex and difficult the dilemma, the better. So it’s no surprise that the issue he has chosen to tackle as an entrepreneur is climate change. “I love the book by Jim Collins that talks about big, hairy, audacious...