Resilience Through Innovation
At Kula Bio®, we’re committed to supporting sustainable farming practices. Our team is striving to develop solutions that reduce carbon emissions and nutrient loss while improving efficiency, resulting in better outcomes for plants, farmers, and the planet.
At its heart, nitrogen is a good thing.
It’s an essential nutrient that enhances chlorophyll production to make plants green, promotes plant growth and development, and supports the health and fertility of the soils we so carefully tend.
Since the 1950s, synthetic nitrogen fertilizer use has grown exponentially. And it’s brought with it a severe imbalance that comes at a cost.
Today, synthetic fertilizer feeds 50% of the world, and a lot more N is needed for future population growth.
Too Much of a Good Thing
Nitrogen is out of balance. Imprecise application, poor uptake by plants, nitrogen loss - all of these factors and more are adding up. Farmers must spend more on inputs to offset loss and support depleted soils, waterways, air, and the ecosystem are damaged, and impacts to health, food security and food costs put pressure on everyone.
Reduce GHG Emissions up to 84%
Our products produce up to 84% less greenhouse gas emissions per kilogram of product when compared with conventional nitrogen fertilizer during manufacturing, shipping, and storage.
The Kula Bio Solution
Start With What Works
Many microorganisms can convert atmospheric nitrogen into a plant-useable form, but they don’t. Why?
Nitrogen fixation requires a lot of energy. Most microbes prioritize using their limited energy stores to survive, rather than fixing nitrogen. This is known as down regulation.
It isn’t enough to try to overcome down regulation by modifying microbes. They'll simply use up all their available energy quickly, and then they either need to try to find more in soils where it may not be readily available, or they die.
Our technology supercharges the microbe with energy, so that it doesn’t need to down-regulate. It has enough energy to effectively provide N at the root zone, for a longer period of time, without worryingabout exhausting the energy it needs to survive.
Working Together for a Greener Future
Different crops require nitrogen at different stages of their growth cycle. Applying too much synthetic fertilizer, or applying it at the wrong time, has long-lasting consequences for the environment.
The supercharged Xanthobacter used in our product provides nitrogen slowly and over time, so it can be used most effectively by the plant.
Supporting Sustainability
In addition to being a highly efficient and effective way to deliver nutrition to crops, our technology reduces the impacts typically associated with traditional fertilizer production, transportation, and usage.
Our products deliver nitrogen at a lower volume (2-8 oz of Kula product = ~ 1 lb of nitrogen). Producing, transporting, and storing our products is less resource-intensive than traditional fertilizer, resulting in up to 84% less greenhouse gas emissions per kilogram of product when compared with conventional nitrogen fertilizer.