FUTURE FARMERS
We aim for a biorevolution Movement - To fuse science with design, To create a fully circular production of local, sustainable materials and spread it around the world. Our inspiration derives from the symbiotic processes of nature, specifically the life-cycle of plants, where there is no waste and everything is recycled.
HOW DID IT START?
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The project began in 2016 with one question.
What if we could grow renewable, versatile materials, using local resources, instead of making them?
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The project objective was to design an efficient, scalable process that could turn local bio-waste into natural and home compostable materials. The initial experiments began with cellulose grown from the Kombucha brewing process. However, due to the mechanical properties, it was determined that this type of cellulose is not suitable for commercial production. It was back to the drawing boards for a long time but after years of trial and error, founders were able to create Scoby Packaging Materials, a durable, home compostable, 100% plastic-free material. Since then MGL has created a variety of materials that hold the possibility to take the material industry into a more sustainable path.
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Idea
The project goes viral >1M views.
MakeGrowLab is born
Pilot production
is setup
1st place in the
Climate-Kic Accelerator
Awarded € 30K
MakeGrowLab turns heads at the E.U.
Awarded 1.2M PLN
1st prize at the
Chivas Venture Finals
Awarded $ 40K
Our First
team members
1st project with a
Fortune 500 company
Colgate-Palmolive
MGL joins
Plug and Play
in Sillicon Valley, U.S.A
MGL joins
Plug and Play
in Milan, Italy
1st place in the
MIT Enterprise Forum CEE
100K PLN
2023
2+ packaging pilot projects
with a
Fortune 500 companies
Hydrophobic nanofibers development
2024
Move to demo pilot facility
First material produced on operational paper mill