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| Valcent Products Inc. is a publicly traded company (VCTZF: OTCBB) with offices in Vancouver, B.C. and El Paso, Texas and in Cornwall, U.K.Valcent Products Inc. specializes in growing solutions and plant based consumer products and is a leader in the development of innovative and practical eco-technologies.Valcent is focused on the rollout of its fully commercialized VertiCrop™ technology. The company's wholly owned subsidiary Valcent (EU) Ltd. is responsible for this worldwide marketing project.
VertiCrop offers a cost effective solution for crop production with significant operating and capital cost savings over field agriculture. It also increases returns by using only a fraction of the resources required for traditional agriculture. In trials the unit increased some crop yields by up to 20 times the normal production volume and only required 5% of the average water used in conventional growing conditions.
There are also geographical benefits as VertiCrop can be installed in virtually any location and therefore adjacent to local communities and markets. Tailor made to growers' specific requirements it enables producers to grow a variety of salad crops, vegetables or flowers in a controlled eco-friendly environment, eliminating the need for herbicides and with efficient management can all but reduce the need for pesticides. VerticCrop can provide a secure and profitable growing solution to cultivating high quality, nutritious produce by reducing both food miles and distribution costs and ensuring a fresh food supply that is close to consumer markets.
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