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The Loglogic Softrak 75 ‘Cut and Collect System’ is a purpose-built low ground pressure vehicle, fitted with a front mounted flail harvester, for use in the restoration and harvesting of all types of vegetation. https://www.loglogic.co.uk/
LogLogic
LogLogic is a company that produces all-terrain vehicles especially adapted for wet conditions. These ATV’s are easy to use in both paludiculture and nature management. They allow farmers and nature managers to access inundated and very wet areas or fields, and harvest and collect biomass. Since these vehicles have multiple uses (i.e. harvesting, mowing, management) the can be shared between farmers and nature managers to reduce costs.
DRYING METHODS
To further use biomass gathered from paludiculture, it first needs to be dried. To minimize transportation costs, this is best done directly on the farmyard with the use of drying halls. Former stables or barns can be used to store big bags of biomass. The roof of the barn can then be covered with solar panels. The air between the solar panels and the roof is known to heat up substantially, with the use of a simple air flow, the hot air from underneath the solar panels can be transported to the barn and blown through the biomass. This effectively dries the biomass at a low cost while the solar panels produce electricity that can be used or sold.
FIREPROOF BOARDS WITH SLUDGE
A promising product that uses paludiculture biomass, are fireproof boards. These boards use 50% shredded cattail in combination with 50% deinking sludge. This sludge is a waste product from paper production and recycling. Combining these two products creates cheap and fireproof biobased board that can be used in construction. Apart from using biobased materials and stimulating paludiculture, this product also uses a waste stream contributing to a more circular economy.
HUMAN FOOD
Some high-end restaurants have shown interest in the use of paludiculture products for human consumption. A farmer in Germany for example, sells the rhizomes of cattail to a local restaurant that uses it in their dishes. If the cattail that grows on the edges of ponds and ditches are used, harvesting cost are minimal since their rhizomes often grow in the open water.