OUR STORY
Waste shouldn't be wasted
Every day at a Bay of Islands cafe, nutrient-rich coffee grounds were heading to landfill. It didn't sit right. In nature, nothing is wasted.
We began using them in pot plants and garden beds. They helped - but the results weren't consistent.
Something was missing.
From curiosity to understanding
To find out why, we partnered with soil scientist Andreas Kurmann.
The breakthrough came when we stopped seeing coffee grounds as the solution - and started seeing soil as a living system.
Coffee grounds alone weren't enough. But when carefully combined with other natural inputs, they became part of a balanced blend that soil life could properly process and use.
When the soil system was supported, plant growth became steadier, stronger and healthier.
That became Fodda
Closing the loop
Much of Fodda is made from recycled organic materials that would otherwise go to landfill.
Instead of extracting from nature, we return nutrients to the soil
Gardening becomes part of the cycle again.
