When the activities of the whole food system are considered together, they represent 21 to 37% of total human-caused greenhouse gas emissions. (CSIRO).
And today, ⅓ of food is wasted.
70% of that wastage actually occurs before we see food on our plate. It usually ends up in landfill. And when food goes to the landfill and rots, it produces methane—a greenhouse gas 30x more potent than carbon dioxide.
Every tonne of food waste Bardee diverts from landfill creates 1.9 tonnes of carbon offset. The vertical farming system we use to transform the waste, uses no additional water and produces two product streams: insect protein & frass fertiliser.
These products can replace things like meat, and soy in the food system that have a big negative impact on the environment, like deforestation and overfishing. Reshaping the global food system to us means that by transforming waste into useful products, we can create a more sustainable, circular food system that will feed generations to come.
Our products are helping to make agriculture more sustainable, offsetting carbon by diverting food waste from landfill, and replacing unsustainable feed and fertiliser in our food system.
We work with growers and producers to collect organic food waste from farms, property managers and factories
In our Grow Labs, larvae grow 3000x in size in just 7 days eating only food waste - no added water!
Every tonne of food waste diverted from landfill, creates 1,900kg of CO2 offset
Larvae are processed into a high quality insect protein for pet food and animal feed & the castings become a nutrient-rich organic fertiliser
We’re tackling one of humanities greatest challenges in a brand new way with insects. Food production must double by 2050 to feed the global population, but a third of food produced today ends up in landfills and we’re in a position to change that. We’re a small, rapidly growing team that constantly innovates and creates new ways to operate. Superflies are infinitely resourceful, care deeply about the work that we do and we’re just at the beginning. We have 3 values that we live by day-in, day-out:
We're building a sustainable future we'll be proud to hand on to future generations. Every tonne of Bardee's insect protein offsets 50 tonnes of CO2e emissions.
We're a startup that gets stuff done. And when we decide to do something, we do it well. We love to move quickly to delight our customers.
We set ambitious goals and we're infinitely resourceful to achieve them. Sometimes that looks like chopping up food waste for insect food in a uni car park.
We're a world-leading team of entomologists, technicians, operators, and leaders driven to creating the circular economy the world needs. We're insect-obsessed, solutions-focused, big picture thinkers who thrive on constantly innovating.
Founded in 2019, by Alex, a bug and soil scientist, and Phoebe, an ex-architect, we started in a shipping container. Now we're building the technology that will hopefully one day lead to food waste being considered a value stream, and put an end to the devastating impact it has on our environment when it is sent to landfill to rot. And we're just getting started.
