Giving Food Waste A Second Life
Transforming food waste into eco-friendly bioplastics.
CONTACT OUR TEAMWHO WE ARE
AgroRenew is an industry-leading bioplastics processing manufacturer of bio-sourced plastics. Founded from an ideation at The Pantheon Innovation Center, AgroRenew is committed to creating, developing, and producing 100% biodegradable plastics sourced from a blend of crop food waste, cover crops, and other biosources.
OUR MISSION
AgroRenew is committed to enhancing the agricultural economy through ongoing innovation of developing cover crops, purpose-grown crops, and utilizing bio-waste streams and byproducts for its bioplastics processing and blending.
OUR VISION
Our vision is for earth and humans to coexist for a sustainable future. We will do this by creating renewable biodegradable plastics in a circular economy that does not divert the food supply chain but focuses on reducing food waste by using it as a viable biosource.
IN THE NEWS
Bioplastics Plant Startup to Invest $83M in Knox County
VINCENNES, Ind. — Today, Mayor Joe Yochum joined officials from The Pantheon and the Knox County Indiana Economic Development Corporation to announce the launch of AgroRenew LLC, a processing facility that will repurpose food waste from Knox County’s thriving watermelon, cantaloupe, and pumpkin industry into eco-friendly bioplastics.
AgroRenew Founder Brian Southern on Plans to Turn Watermelon Waste into Bioplastics in Knox County
VINCENNES, Ind. — There’s a newly-formed company in Knox County called AgroRenew LLC that plans to create a product that’s incredibly unique. “We’re taking watermelon waste and reducing it down into a micron dust and blending it with some other bio sources to form a resin polymer that can then be used to make various types of plastics,” says Brian Southern, who has co-founded AgroRenew with his wife Katie.
Turning waste into profit: AgroRenew announces $83M investment in Knox County
VINCENNES, Ind. — City leaders joined officials from The Pantheon and the Knox County Indiana Economic Development Corporation Friday morning to announce the launch of AgroRenew LLC, a processing facility that will repurpose food waste from Knox County’s thriving watermelon, cantaloupe, and pumpkin industry into eco-friendly bioplastics.