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SOS: Save our soil

Bailey Petts

Soil plays a crucial role in our climate, and soil degradation is a major contributor to the climate crisis. At Bardee we recognise we need to start from the ground up if we’re to combat this crisis, and save our soil.

The dirty secret weapon that can help us fight climate change

Raghav Sharma

What if we told you that soil can make a huge impact as part of a strategy to combat the climate crisis?

Using agriculture to restore our planet

Raghav Sharma

We hear a lot about the effect agriculture has on the environment – both in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. But could it instead be used as a force for good in protecting our environment? Enter stage left, regenerative agriculture.

Stop overfishing to feed livestock - use bugs instead!

Bailey Petts

Did you know overfishing in our oceans doesn’t just happen to feed humans? We overfish not just for our fancy salmon teriyaki or tuna sushi, but to feed our livestock.

How to feed your pet more sustainably

Bailey Petts

Do you know what is actually inside your pet’s food? At Bardee we want to focus on our pets’ health as well as the health of our home. You know, home planet - earth.

Small size, big impact

Raghav Sharma

It's not news that conventional meat and dairy farming can be pretty harmful to the environment. And it probably won't come as a surprise to you that right now, producing protein for people to eat, accounts for about 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions 🤯 What can we do about it?

Bardee raises $5m to transform food waste into insect protein and fertiliser

Hannah Johnston

Melbourne-based Bardee announces it has raised $5M of funding to reshape the global food system by transforming food waste into protein and fertiliser with insects.

Join us as a Horticulture Sales Agronomist

Hiring @ Bardee

Bardee is on the hunt for an incredible Horticulture Sales Agronomist who’s excited to supercharge their career and bring new, sustainable fertiliser products to the Australian market.

Use your Business Development Superpowers for good!

Help us tackle Australia’s 7.9B tonne food waste problem. We’re looking for a sales superstar to 10X Bardee’s sustainable impact through fertiliser & protein sales to the agriculture sector.

On the hunt for a superstar Food waste BDM

Help us tackle Australia’s 7.9B tonne food waste problem. We’re looking for a sales superstar to 10X Bardee’s sustainable impact by helping businesses to divert food waste from landfill.

Are you our new Chief Financial Officer?

Hiring @ Bardee

We're hiring a Chief Financial Officer to take Bardee from a single facility to a major, multi-mega-facility company servicing the entire country (and the world!).

Looking for a Waste Collection Truck Driver

Hiring @ Bardee

As a waste collection truck driver at Bardee, you will have a key role in scaling our collections and sharing our mission. You'll spend part of your day driving the truck on collections, with the ability to take on general tasks at our facility including the operation of electrical machinery.

Join the team as an Industrial Electrician

Hiring @ Bardee

We’re hiring an Industrial Electrician to own electrical maintenance and installations of our manufacturing lines and environment controlled labs. Flexible hours, full time and part time available.

Saved by Insects Athyna Podcast

Hannah Johnston

How Phoebe Gardner is Turning the Food System Into a Circular Economy

Fly Friends - Our partnership with ISPT

Hannah Johnston

Partnering up with other businesses is a great way to maximise the power of a circular economy, especially ones who share the same environmental commitments as Bardee.

Flushed away

Raghav Sharma

The fifteenth element on the periodic table. One of the three main macronutrients needed for plant growth and vitality. As part of the Green Revolution, we started mining phosphate rock to unlock 10X crop yields. As a result, fertilisers today are packed full of phosphorus, allowing our crops to grow strong and healthy. So what’s the problem?

Plants ❤️ (exo)skeletons 💀

Raghav Sharma

Your skeletal gardening superhero - here, we will begin a 4-part series where we do a deep dive on the magic of chitin for plants.

How excess nitrogen is damaging our planet, and what we can do about it

Raghav Sharma

Nitrogen is incredibly important for plant growth and reproduction. But the way it’s commonly delivered to the soil – through synthetic fertilisers – can have a devastating impact on the environment.

Don't look to the sky, look at the ground!

Raghav Sharma

Droughts are a disaster that we Australians are far too familiar with. Scientists have suggested that the secret to drought resilience lies in the soil.

Organic vs chemical fertilisers: what's all the fuss about?

Raghav Sharma

Ah, the organic vs chemical fertiliser debate. Mention it to any farmer or serious gardener, and the reactions will likely be passionate and varied. But what’s best for your plants and the planet?