Humify develops soil superfood to capture carbon

Humify GmbH, a start-up based in Potsdam, Germany, has developed a hydrothermal process to produce artificial humic substances from organic waste that can reactivate soil as a carbon sink and improve soil fertility.

• The process produces superhumus enriched with microbacteria in weeks, accelerating soil renaturation that would naturally take thousands of years; one tonne per hectare can bind up to 50 tonnes of carbon in the first year.
• Humify plans to build a pilot plant with 3,000 tonnes annual output and aims for cost-effective, scalable production with optimized heat management; the business model integrates circular economy principles by processing biomass residues from biogas plants into humus for agricultural use.