Overview
Lucent Biosciences (Coquitlam, BC) is a micronutrient fertilizer company that upcycles food waste into various products for the agriculture industry.
What they’re doing: Lucent is developing a sustainable and controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer to help crops absorb nutrients better and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fertilizer runoff into water systems.
How will this be used in the real world? Current fertilizers are leaving crops hungry with plants absorbing only as much as 35% of nitrogen. Lucent’s biodegradable and microplastic-free fertilizer ingredient ensures a slow release of nitrogen to give crops the nutrients they need, when they need them, preventing harvest loss.