We engineer bespoke consortiums of fungi and bacteria to transform food and agricultural waste into bio-based products that restore degraded land and power a circular bioeconomy in agriculture.
Billions of tonnes of organic waste are discarded every year while millions of hectares of productive farmland turn to desert. These are two sides of the same broken cycle.
We design custom microbial consortiums — fungi and bacteria working in concert — to break down specific waste streams and produce bio-based soil amendments that restore degraded land.
Filamentous fungi that decompose complex organic substrates in waste streams, producing binding agents and organic acids that form the structural scaffold of our soil amendments.
Metabolic engines that ferment sugars released during fungal decomposition, generating bioactive compounds and secondary metabolites that enhance soil microbial ecology.
Spore-forming bacteria that survive harsh conditions, fix nitrogen, solubilise phosphorus and produce growth-promoting compounds that kickstart plant establishment in degraded soils.
Source food and agricultural waste and sidestreams from breweries, food processors and farms
Our bespoke fungal-bacterial consortium breaks down waste in controlled bioreactors
Load bioactive products onto nanomaterial carriers optimised for field deployment
Deploy soil amendments to degraded land, rebuilding soil structure, nutrients and microbial life
Transform disposal liabilities into revenue-positive processes for food manufacturers and agricultural producers.
Rebuild degraded soils, returning productive farmland to smallholder communities and slowing desertification.
Restored soils act as carbon sinks. Verified carbon credits create a self-financing mechanism for continued restoration.
Every hectare restored means a family can farm again. Closing the loop between waste and soil addresses hunger directly.
Processing facilities create jobs in regions where they are needed most, with gender-inclusive employment built into our model.
Improved soil water retention and microbial diversity build agricultural resilience against drought and temperature extremes.
RhizoFeed is a UK biotech startup developing engineered microbial consortium technology for waste upcycling and land restoration. We combine deep expertise in microbiology, bioprocessing and materials science to create circular bioeconomy solutions for agriculture.
Our team brings hands-on experience in microbial isolation, molecular biology, genome editing and bioreactor operation — translating cutting-edge science into deployable products for real-world impact.
We are supported by Innovate UK and are developing our first pilot facility targeting degraded agricultural land in West Africa.
Whether you are a food manufacturer with waste streams, an investor in climate tech, or a partner in land restoration — we would love to hear from you.
hello@rhizofeed.com