11.2008 - More sunflower

Brazil based Helianthus is a leading supplier of genetic material (sunflower seeds) to the farming industry. It specializes in providing solutions which create synergies for monoculture farms, such as sugarcane for bio-ethanol farms, to use the period between harvests to plant sunflower. Growing in about 100 days, sunflower perfectly fits the profile to generate additional income, improve the soil quality, and provide other desirable effects, like the return of the bees, which play an important role in pollinating flowering plants and producing honey.

Now Helianthus represents Vital Fuels with its customer base of Brazilian large scale farmers, offering them the Vital Diesel small container unit for purchase and autonomous production for its own tractors and diesel operated generators. This way farmers can be more self sufficient and energy independent, cut the considerable costs of their own diesel fuel consumption and considerably reduce greenhouse gas emissions.