The US generates 70+ million tons of wood waste and 3 million tons of soy byproduct every year.
We convert that into whole-cut, high-fiber American protein.
At scale, domestic agricultural waste could produce more bacon than the country currently consumes.
No imports. No contested supply chains. Just American crops, American farms, American protein.
Deployable production systems for resource-constrained environments.
TODAY:4,896 lbs wood waste → 244 lbs protein
Our Farms — Live Dashboard
LIVE
Weekly Mycelium Production Rate
6,384lbs/week
Q1 Goal Progress72%
BACON
2,184
lbs bacon/week
FOAM
10,584
sq ft foam EQV/week
FIBER
2,936
lbs fiber/week
PROTEIN
2,044
lbs protein/week
Grow Room Status
Farm1
Pietro
Growing
Harvest Window
Extended
Empty
Now
Why Now?
Eighteen years of R&D reached commercial maturity in 2024. We achieved direct margin positive manufacturing—not in a pilot, but at commercial scale across multiple facilities.
The industry's first new mycelium crop in 400 years is now in production. It turns faster than any plant-based alternative on shelf.
Consumer demand for clean-label whole foods is accelerating precisely as our economics crossed the profitability threshold.
The AirMycelium™ platform integrates directly with existing mushroom farming infrastructure, unlocking 450 million square meters of global capacity already built, already operating.
We scale quickly and capital light. Over five years we've proven technology transfer works: contract growers reach target yields within months.
Twenty years of accumulated knowhow and forty patents protect our process. But the strongest moat is operational excellence—cultivated across strain optimization, new technology development, and feedstock-to-food transformation at multi-million pound scale.
Now
We Grow [Food]
Farmed. Not Fake.
That thesis is on shelf today.
We transform wildtype gourmet mycelium into whole, sliceable meat alternatives grown indoors.
Unlike extruded protein isolates formed into shapes, mycelium delivers natural whole-cut texture in large, sliced strips—ready to cook like traditional meat.
Indoor cultivation keeps environmental impact low while enabling year-round production.
The result is a versatile protein, rich in fiber, that consumers actually buy twice.
MyBacon is whole slices of meaty mycelium, brined using our signature recipe, ready to heat and serve.
Velocity:
MyBacon turns faster than any plant-based breakfast meat in the Northeast—2× category velocity per SPINS data. Velocity matters more than door count: repeat purchase is our measure of market, not trial.
Distribution:
3,300+ points of distribution across all 50 states by year-end 2025. Whole Foods, Giant Foods, Hannaford, Natural Grocers, Schnucks, Gelson's. PODs grew 4× in 2025. Q4 gross sales rose 50% quarter-over-quarter.
Economics:
Unit costs dropped 65% year-over-year. We reached direct margin positive in 2025. We price against premium products.
Scale, strain optimization, and operational discipline provide a multi-decade pipeline to maximally competitive cost position globally.
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." — Buckminster Fuller
Near Future
Fashion & Textiles: Forager
Leather-like feel, performance, and nature. Without the animal.
Mycelium is biologically closer to animals than plants.
Status: In development with leading fashion and electronics brands
Launch: Commercial product launches with strategic partners in 2027
Investment: $20M+ in development partnerships
Capacity: Over 1 million sq ft annual capacity
Performance: Matches animal leather in stretch, drape, and toughness
Technical Properties:
Property
Leather
AirLoom 1
AirLoom 2
Tensile Strength
12 MPa
4 MPa
10+ MPa
Tear Strength
2 N/mm
1.5 N/mm
3 N/mm
Elongation
15%
10%
25-30%
Why It Matters
Indoor production enables 5-10 year planning horizons—stable supply in a world of volatile commodities. Environmental impact runs 50% lower CO₂ than traditional leather today, with a path to carbon negative.
Full control over strain and environment means customizable properties per application. Renewable inputs, compostable outputs. Circular by design.
Industrial-scale production of functional mycelium compounds with controlled expression levels. We grow AirMycelium with known expression profiles in commercial-scale farms.
Biocomputation:
Hyphal Computing Networks: exploring mycelium as substrate for neuromorphic computation. Part of our foundry work pushing the boundaries of what mycelium can do.
Computational Density: 4 billion teraflops/cubic inch
Energy Efficiency: Minimal consumption
Architecture: Adaptive, biologically-inspired systems
Technological abundance fuels democracy and capitalism
Our goal: Creating everyday abundance for those on spaceship Earth and beyond.
Core Values:
Outcome Oriented: We judge ourselves on results, not effort
Growth: Consistently delivering business growth
Agency: You create the change
Integrity: Doing right in all conduct
Discipline: Focus, execute, follow through
Team
Grow Better Materials, Grow Your Career
Ecovative is building the foundation for a new materials economy. Our team of mycologists, engineers, and business folks are united in creating material abundance through mycelium technology.
Our Operational DNA:
North Star Clarity: Clear business KPIs, open-ended execution
Proof by Demonstration: From MVP to scaled innovation
Functional Pragmatism: Simple solutions to complex challenges
