"Jatropha, unlike soybeans, canola and many other agricultural plants, can be cultivated on arid and semi arid non-agricultural land. Growing Jatropha never has to compete with growing food. On a per acre basis, Jatropha can yield up to 10 times the amount of oil as other sources of biodiesel. Jatropha is a perennial, lasting up to 50 years without replanting. In fact the “cake”, the portion of the seed left over after extraction of the seed’s oil, is full of nitrogen fixing compounds making it an excellent organic fertilizer. After 4 or 5 years of treatment with cake the soil of this originally non-agricultural land is suitable for planting food crops or trees for reforestation.

As few as 250 Jatropha plants can make the average person/family carbon neutral and may provide a method to help ensure an above average rate of return on their purchase. This is because investors will see income as early as the second year after planting, and a total return of their purchase costs within as little as 5 years. Compared to other "green investments" buyers receive income from their plants equal to their purchase price in about half the time and cash flow is created far sooner. Buyers are protected against drops in fuel prices by our commitment to have 2 plants in trust for every plant purchased, during the first 5 years after purchase.

Additionally, the price paid to plant owners for the seeds produced by their plants is indexed to the price of diesel fuel. As the price of diesel fuel increases so does the price paid to plant owners.

Help Stop Global Warming

Here is how it works. When placing your order you may be entitled to a volume discount. simply choose to give the non-profit of your choice this volume discount that you would otherwise be entitled to for your purchase. Its that simple. For example, when buying 1,000 plants the purchaser is entitled to a 10% volume discount(for the complete range of discounts see our order page). Based on the discount, the purchase price is reduced from $4,000 to $3,600. If the purchaser wants their favorite charity to get the discount they just tell us to send the discount to the charity. The purchaser will still own 1,000 plants; but now their charity will receive $400.00 and the purchaser is also entitled to claim a $400 deduction for any qualifying charity. See the "Very Special Offer" section of our website for complete details."

About Jatropha Oil Fields

Their website is a joint venture between Lablandbiotech of Mysore India & DreamFuels, Ltd. of San Jose, Costa Rica. There you will see that Dr. Sudheer Shetty has put together a team of Ph.D.’s to revolutionize the approach taken to biodiesel in general, and the development of Jatropha in particular. Labland is committed to providing vastly superior seedlings to serve as the basis of all biodiesel produced by Dream Fuels, Ltd.

Paul Dalton, founder of Dream Fuels, Ltd. discovered years ago that Costa Rica’s Rain Forest had been decimated by the over development of the cattle industry during the late 70's and early 80's. Steve and Sherry Brunner were doing something about this problem. Through their purchase of several abandoned cattle ranches, the Brunner's were able to change the depleted rain forests of south central Costa Rica from wasteland into once again the beautiful lush green rainforests that had once been there.

With the passage of time and the help of many investors like Paul & Ellen Dalton, the Brunner’s have planted over 2 million tropical hardwoods. Their example has served as our inspiration to attack another problem, the lack of use of non agricultural land to help fight Global Warming. Reforestation is a vital and necessary part of the solution to Global Warming, but some land is not suitable for growing trees. Using Jatropha, biodiesel production can occur on land not suitable for growing trees. It can be grown on arid non agricultural land and thus does not compete with trees or food crops. This is a very important fact for anyone concerned with the issues of deforestation and/or food versus fuel, in developing countries. By not diverting land that is currently being used to grow food or could be used to restore a rainforest, Jatropha is setting the stage to become the premiere source of biodiesel, without any of the negative tradeoffs associated with other feedstock sources.

In addition, Jatropha produces up to ten times the amount of oil of other plants per acre. Because it is a tropical plant it cannot be grown for commercial purposes in the US. Jatropha Oil Fields hopes to bring public awareness to the importance of taking action today resolve Global Warming. Growing Jatropha is an ecologically sensitive way to provide clean renewable energy; it's production and processing into biodiesel provides environmental benefits as well as financial ones."

From Jatropha Oil Fields website