Citizen
Citizen is Aotearoa New Zealand’s first ‘rescue and upcycle’ organisation. It rescues edible food that’s currently going to waste and creates high quality, low impact food and beverages. Starting with bread, Citizen is now focusing on fruit and vegetables.
CoShop
CoShop is a platform that transforms local food systems through demand-driven agriculture. The platform coordinates ordering so producers only harvest what customers have ordered, reducing food waste.
Foodprint
Foodprint is a food rescue app. It partners with local eateries, giving them a platform to sell surplus and imperfect food for a discount to prevent it going to waste. Foodprint has grown to a community of 160,000 app users and 600 eateries.
Garage Project
Garage Project brewery has implemented a circular system to compost waste hops and yeast back into the soil. This avoids more than 60 tonnes of organic waste going to landfill each year.
Kelmarna Community Farm
Kelmarna Community Farm in central Auckland combines regenerative farming, social support and education. It reinvests 100% of revenue into building a climate-friendly food system to support community health and wellbeing through education, volunteering, composting and horticulture therapy.
Mara Bio
Mara Bio has developed fermentation technology to create value from food industry by-products. It has created new proteins, fibres and bioactive ingredients that have significantly lower environmental impact than conventional proteins.
Mohoao Seed
Mohoao is a range of handcrafted herbal teas made from wild fennel grown on whānau-owned land. The company is transforming underutilised Māori land into a thriving, income-generating resource.
NE Tech
NE Tech’s patented technology reimagines how natural oils are harvested. Its low-energy extraction process eliminates drying and milling, slashing emissions and costs. The process turns waste into revenue.
ŌKU New Zealand
ŌKU New Zealand creates award-winning rongoā wellness products that regenerate land, culture and health. From solar power, compostable packaging and regenerative planting, every aspect of the business is designed to give back to Papatūānuku. It is a Māori-led, B Corp certified enterprise.
Powered by Plants NZ
Powered by Plants buys surplus and waste fruit and vegetables and transforms it into high-quality, nutritious, affordable powders and juice concentrates. Any waste not fit for upcycling goes to create on-farm bioenergy as well as insect protein and biofertiliser.
Ryder Specialty Coffee
Ryder is the first commercial electric coffee roaster in New Zealand. The specialty coffee company is focused on minimising its carbon footprint while working with producers to ensure fair wages and sustainable practices.
Solarferm
Solarferm creates sugar from sunlight, water, carbon dioxide and bacteria using precision fermentation. This technology reduces the cost and carbon footprint of sugar by eliminating land-intensive agriculture.
The Plant Shake Company
The Plant Shake Company has created two oat-based shakes for the hospitality sector. They slash environmental impact and use less water than cow’s milk shakes.
With Wild
With Wild sources wild Wapiti venison in the Fiordland National Park for premium food products and uses the profits to support conservation. It partners with the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation.
