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Vego Meal

What Exactly is Vego Meal?

“Vego Meal” is the nutrient-rich output from your Vego Kitchen Composter. After you’ve enjoyed a delicious meal with your family, you can add the
scraps to your composter to make Vego Meal. You can then throw it into your lawn, garden, or houseplants instead of adding more waste to landfills.

Add food scraps

1. Add food scraps

Add a VegoTab & Water

2. Add a VegoTab & Water

Let your composter handle the rest!

3. Let your composter
handle the rest!

What to do With Your Vego Meal

The way you use your nutritious Vego Meal will depend on the Composter Mode you use!

Vego Mode

A mode exclusive to the Vego Kitchen Composter with moderate-temperature processing that preserves beneficial microorganisms, creating a nutrient rich, biologically active soil amendment.

  • Thanks to this mode’s microbe-preserving moderate-temperature processing, you can be certain that your Vego Meal will retain the benefits that ensure your plants thrive!
  • The Vego Meal produced by this mode is the most appropriate for using directly in the garden.
Vego Mode

Fertilize Mode

A mode that efficiently produces semi-composted materials for use as an activator & finisher in compost bins, & as a topdressing on landscape beds.

  • This Vego Meal works beautifully as a compost activator for large, young compost piles, or as a finisher to add microbes to semi-dormant compost piles.
  • Top-dressing landscape beds with Vego Meal will improve the health of underlying soil! To top-dress, apply a 1/8-1/2 inch thick layer on beds prior to mulching.
Fertilize Mode

Grass Mode

This mode implements additional grinding which speeds up biodegradation to create nutrient-rich, ready-to-use organic matter for your lawn.

  • This Vego Meal raises the organic matter content and improves the structure of underlying soil for a thriving lawn.
  • If you are using a mulching lawn mower, applying this microbe-rich Vego Meal will help convert grass clipping into humus, a superfood for your soil!
Grass Mode

Express Mode

A rapid drying and grinding mode that efficiently reduces waste volume. This mode is ideal for users looking for fast and sustainable waste handling and does not utilize a VegoTab.

  • For gardeners looking to put this Vego Meal to good use, it can be added to carbon-heavy compost piles for ingredient balance. Mix it in at a 80/20 ratio of existing compost to Vego Meal.
  • At the end of a growing season, once crops have been ripped out and soil has shrunken down, mix this Vego Meal into your existing soil as needed to restore soil levels.
Express Mode

Composting Knowledge

Composting for a Greener Future

Composting for a Greener Future

As an advocate for better gardening and sustainable practices, I have been working towards more eco-friendly ways to grow and harvest over the years. With composting at the heart of my gardening journey, I would like to share some of my insights on the importance of composting, and how this natural method can help reduce environmental impact. A Pressing Issue for Our Environment  Did you know that about one-third of all food produced globally goes to waste? That amounts to 1.3 billion tons each year! When food waste ends up in landfills, it decomposes anaerobically and produces methane—a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than CO2. In fact, food waste contributes to around 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions - for every 1 kg of food waste, just over 2.5kg of CO2 is emitted. By composting, we can minimize the amount of food wasted and its impact significantly, while nourishing our gardens too.  Food waste is a pressing issue globally, contributing to around 6% of total global greenhouse gas emissions that have a staggering impact on our climate and the environment.  Composting for the Greater Good I'm a big believer in the benefits of composting. By converting food scraps from our kitchens and turning them into nutrient-rich amendments for our gardens, we can also reduce our carbon footprint. After trying several electronic home composters, the Vego Kitchen Composter is one that truly stands out - making composting incredibly easy and efficient, via its low temperature processing and an intelligent weighing system. It is estimated that between 8 to 11 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions from the food system could be reduced, if food waste was effectively prevented. This composter breaks down your food waste quickly with VegoTab (their special blend of microbes), without foul odors or bugs. Vego’s closed-loop system ensures that kitchen waste is shrunk up to 90% to prevent wastage, transforming it into gardening gold for our soil.  Composting isn't just beneficial for the planet - it's also great for our gardens. Food scraps that might otherwise end up in the trash are transformed into nutrient-dense garden soil, providing essential nutrients for your plants to thrive. I just love how composting allows me to nourish the vegetables I grow - with kitchen waste that will otherwise end up in the dumpster. From food scraps, fruit and veggies, to coffee grounds, the list of compostable items goes on. By following guidelines on what to compost, you can easily create your own compost pile at home, for the benefit of both your garden and the environment. A Sustainable Way of Life  Beyond the environmental benefits, composting is also a wonderful way to connect with nature. Watching food scraps break down and transform into rich compost is endlessly fascinating. It's a reminder of the incredible wonders of nature, and how we can work in harmony and benefit from them.  Composting is part of a sustainable lifestyle. When you compost, you're not only reducing kitchen and landfill waste, but also enriching your garden soil for your plants to thrive. In turn, this reduces the need for chemical fertilizers and encourages a more healthy ecosystem. Final Thoughts  By composting regularly, you're actively combating food wastage and its environmental impact. What’s more, you will be contributing to a sustainable future for our planet—one compost pile at a time. If you're looking to build a healthier and more vibrant garden in a more sustainable way - I highly recommend checking out Vego Garden’s Kitchen Composter. It's an investment that will pay off for years to come - both for your plants and for the planet.   

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Introducing Vego: Revolutionizing Kitchen Composting
What Can Be Composted

What Can Be Composted

Fruit and Vegetable Scraps: Fruit & vegetable peels and scraps will add nutrients to the compostTea & Coffee:Loose tea and coffee grounds.Meal Leftovers:Small quantities of prepared foods like grains, egg shells, fish scraps, meat scraps, sauces, & dairy products (cheese, yogurt, etc) Herbaceous Houseplants:Herbaceous plants (as opposed to woody varieties) have soft stems, leaves & flowers (under 2 in.) Starches:Bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, cereals, oats and other grains   Fibrous Waste: Chopped up corn husks & nut shells. Sticky Foods: Honey, maple syrup, jams, nut butters, etc. (in very small amounts). Materials: Unbleached: Food-soiled paper napkins, tea bags, coffee filters Recycle Instead:  Bleached paper, envelopes, paper boxes, metal, plastics, glass   Meats & Dairy: Large amounts of chicken, beef, pork, & lamb, excessive cheeses & yogurts. Fats & Oils: Solid fats (butter, margarine, lard), cooking oils. Hard Waste: Woody plant matter (sticks & branches), salt, hard bones (chicken, beef, pork, lamb, etc), Woody plant matter (sticks & branches), salt, hard bones (chicken, beef, pork, lamb, etc), fruit pits, pineapple heads, walnut shells (toxic to plants) Synthetic Waste: Soaps, shampoo & conditioner, packaging, diapers, baby wipes, feminine hygiene products, pet feces, cigarettes, styrofoam, synthetic chemicals (including cleaners, disinfectants, etc)  

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