Why we invested:

Today, one ton of conventional fertilizer covers about 20 acres. What if, from the same raw materials, we could make fertilizers that covered 20,000 acres?

Using a novel emissions-free process, Farm Minerals has reinvented the efficiency of fertilizers to cover 1000x the land. The key to their process is a high-surface-area carbon encapsulation that makes the biominerals dramatically more bioavailable to plant and animal biology. It works in animal feeds as well. This effectively reduces COGS by 1000x, allowing the company to slash fertilizer costs in half and still earn over 90% margin.

Farm Minerals’ products have been validated in 8 crops and 3 animal feed additives so far. Performance has been remarkable and consistent.

They started with micronutrient minerals – Zn, Mn, Cu, Fe, and Co – which are 20% of the market in the US. But they recently succeeded with Nitrogen and Potassium. For N fertilizers, this is a green/decarbonized process which is an alternative to Haber-Bosch.

Phosphorus, Calcium, and Sulpher are in progress.