Mothership Materials turns industrial agriculture and food-processing waste into non-food-competitive feedstocks for biomanufacturing. Its patented modular technology works at waste sources, beginning with Microbe Munch, a sugar developed specifically to feed microbes in precision-fermentation processes. The company also targets cellulose recovery for fiber production and scale-ready pricing for bioprocess operators.
SnovaBorn from its founder’s experience in Mexico’s tequila region, Snova uses biotechnology to turn tequila-production waste into biochemicals and biomaterials. The company isolates microorganisms from the agave microbiome, engineers them, and develops products such as natural melanin and insulation materials from the resulting process. Snova says its approach revalorizes more than 80% of tequila production waste while reducing resource use and creating economic value in the communities around the industry.
Darling IngredientsDarling Ingredients collects and processes materials from the animal agriculture and food industries, converting resources that might otherwise be discarded into ingredients and renewable energy. Its operations span more than 260 facilities worldwide, where it transforms animal by-products and food residuals into products for food, feed, agriculture, and low-emission fuel markets.MIFFLINTOWN, PA
Clean Label SolutionFounded in May 2019, Ithaca-based Clean Label Solution manufactures proprietary soy-based feed for livestock and develops technologies that turn organic waste into useful ingredients. The small company also provides technical support for waste valorization, wastewater treatment, clean-label food ingredients, and related sustainable chemistry. Its Bi-Pass Pro+ feed earned the 2023 Grow-NY Prize and the Soy Innovation Challenge grand prize, while the team’s work includes published research on winery waste and carbon-dioxide capture.ITHACA, NY
Renewal Processing, IncRenewal Processing, Inc. is a family business that converts recycled food by-products into feed ingredients, with its origins in Pennsylvania agricultural work. John Sensenig began experimenting with bakery-waste processing in 1990, and by the end of 1991 was producing a dry bakery by-product for cattle feed; the business was founded as Sensenig Milling Services, Inc. in 1994 and later renamed Renewal Processing. The company presents its work as a way to keep food by-products out of landfills while supplying an alternative to grain for animal feed.WATSONTOWN, PA