Increasing Crop Yields One Microbe At A Time

With the human population set to reach 10 billion by the year 2050, we will need to produce 50-100% more food to meet the basic nutritional requirements of our growing population.

Given that agriculture currently accounts for 50% of arable land use, and 70% of fresh water use, this goal is impossible to meet using conventional farming techniques. Additionally, climate change is posing an increasing challenging to reliably grow crops due to erratic weather conditions, increasing temperatures, and higher pathogen and pest pressure.

Hydroponic controlled environment production offers a solution for sustainable and reliable fruit and vegetable production.

Hydroponic growing systems:

  • use up to 90% less water,

  • produce 10x more food per acre

  • reduce or eliminate pesticide use

  • enable reliable climate independent crop production

Beneficial Bacteria To Increase Crop Yields

Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) increase crop yields by improving the plant’s ability to uptake nutrients and regulate stress. Unfortunately, most soil microbes cannot make the transition to the hydroponic environment. This means most hydroponically grown plants have minimal microbiomes and are missing out on the benefits these symbiotic organisms can provide.

Our company’s mission is to find the beneficial microbes that can make this transition, and use them to restore the plant microbiome that should be present in a healthy soil environment. By doing so we can help growers increase crop yields, thereby improving the global supply of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Meet the Team

  • Danielle Rose

    CEO and Co-Founder

  • Matthew Rose

    CTO and Co-Founder

  • Jeff Mores

    COO

  • Dr. Ashley Stegelmeier, PhD

    Director of Product Development

  • Dr. Ben Joris, PhD

    Senior Bioinformatician

  • Dr. Sofiane Telhig, PhD

    Research Scientist II - Microbiology

  • Hannah Ross

    Research Scientist I - Microbiology