About Us

Typha leaves and stems are pulverized and pasteurized, then provided in bulk to nursery growers and peat suppliers for use in substrate blends. As a byproduct of our horticulture products, typha seeds are separated and sent to be repurposed into textile insulation, offering natural alternatives to down feathers and synthetic fillers used today in puffer jackets

We help municipalities improve water retention and treatment by managing  constructed wetlands filled with typha plants built by our partner Strategic Systems Engineering. Our work also relieves municipalities of the burden of clearing Typha from irrigation channels, transforming an ongoing expense for improving farmer’s field irrigation and creating resilient vegetative buffers strips that sustain nutrient reductions to Lake Winnipeg. 

We restore decommissioned peatlands degraded from prior mining activities using typha plants. First we restore the sphagnum layer by applying typha mulch to create ideal conditions for sphagnum culture transfer and regrowth. Demonstrated and validated in microcosm trials at University of Laval in 2024. Once sufficient sphagnum regrowth is achieved, paludiculture practices will be adopted, enabling typha harvesting for sustained carbon sequestration at rates of 5–8 tonnes CO₂ per hectare annually, while also improving the local flora and fauna. Growing a contour of typha around active peat mining sites has been recommended by IISD to help filter peat drifts and runoff.

Flushing scarce & critical fertilizers for food security down the drain.

Plants rely on fertilizers that supply six essential macronutrients (N, P, K, Mg, Ca, and S) and six micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Zn, B, Cu, and Mo). However, fertilizer supply chains remain linear and dependent on fossil fuel, as most artificial fertilizers are mined from resources that could be depleted in the near future with unchecked consumption. Modern agriculture is heavily dependent on phosphorus derived from phosphate rock, a non-renewable resource that may be depleted within 50-100 years. North-America reliance on importing this critical mineral could have serious consequences for global food security under supply chain disruptions. Typha captures farmer’s nutrient runoff before accumulating downstream in freshwater lakes and leading to ideal conditions for algal blooms. 

Less than 3% of the water on the planet is considered fresh water.

Agriculture accounts for 70% of total water consumption worldwide and is the single-largest contributor to surface water and groundwater nutrient runoff.  Conventional fibre crops such as cotton are water intensive (up to 20,000L of water /kg).  Today's leading natural renewable substrate, coco peat, needs thorough washing to be used as a plant substrate. Large amounts of freshwater (up to 600 L of water /cubic meter) are used during the process, putting pressure on limited water resources in developing countries like India and Sri Lanka.

The global horticulture industry recognizes the urgent need to transition from peat based growing media to renewable alternatives to curb carbon emissions. Peat mining transforms carbon sinks into major sources, contributing to 5% of human caused GHGs, at an annual emission rate of 1.9 gigatonnes of CO2. Jeopardizing our fight against climate change.

With the rise of synthetic textiles, plant fibers are increasingly favored for their biodegradability and renewability.However, traditional textile crops like flax and hemp are still resource-intensive, with pesticide and fertilizer inputs alone contributing 325 kg CO2 and 379 kg CO2 per tonne of fibres, respectively.

Reliance on plastic packaging hinders the shift away from using fossil fuels in achieving food security. Despite all efforts to date, single-use plastic products such as flowerpots still aren’t banned in nurseries and rarely get recycled. In Canada, alone 200,000 million plastic pots per year end up in the landfill.