Wide Open Agriculture - The Future is Wide Open

The future is wide open.

Creating food and drink products that build a better future for people and the planet.

OUR APPROACH AND PRINCIPLES

Mission & Purpose

Our Mission

At Wide Open Agriculture, our mission is to create a range of great tasting and high performing plant protein ingredients.

We are focused on developing alternatives to pea and soy that improve outcomes for:

Customers
Food Manufacturers
Farmers

We see a global movement for greater inclusion of plant proteins in daily diets. We also see compromises in existing offerings and believe that there are better alternatives. By developing better end markets, we see plant proteins as a positive force for change in the agriculture industry, where lupins can play a key part in reducing emissions and improving agricultural systems.

Wide Open Agriculture champions farmers, embraces biodiversity, and prioritises soil health (we call this approach Regenerative Agriculture) to create crops that develop into the highest performing plant proteins in the market.

Regenerative Agriculture

What is Regenerative Agriculture?

Regenerative Agriculture embodies a set of farming principles and practices designed to enhance biodiversity, soil quality, watershed health, and ecosystem services.

Its primary goal is to sequester carbon in both soil and aboveground biomass, countering the prevailing trend of atmospheric carbon accumulation on a global scale.

Simultaneously, it delivers increased yields, resilience to climate fluctuations, and improved health and vitality for farming and ranching communities. Although these principles are not new and were common before the industrialization of the food system, regenerative agriculture, in today's context, serves as a means to produce healthy food while addressing environmental concerns.

This approach stems from decades of scientific and applied research within global communities focused on organic farming, agroecology, Holistic Management, and agroforestry. Notably, in 2018, Amazon recognized regenerative agriculture as the next significant food trend in both the United States and worldwide.

The Beginning

Diversity & Inclusivity

Growing a healthy ecology of great humans to work on big, important problems.

Diversity & Inclusivity

WOA acknowledges our privilege of being located on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja, and we celebrate the stories, culture, and traditions of all communities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, past and present.

We are committed to building a team with diverse backgrounds and varied perspectives as we believe that will position us best to help generate better ideas to tackle big, complex issues. Wide Open Agriculture exists to provide a purposeful and profitable alternative to the industrialised food system and to produce healthy food while also addressing the environmental crisis. A diverse eco-system of people not only brings together alternative viewpoints but also better reflects the people that we serve.

Just as we champion regenerative agriculture as crucial to the future of the planet, we champion our people as crucial to the future of our business. We celebrate those who celebrate others, regardless of what we look like, where we are from and who we love. We hold space for each person’s unique brilliance and encourage curiosity, sharing of ideas, and new ways of doing and being to ensure that together we can be the best that we can be. We are steadfast in our belief that nurturing diversity is crucial to future success and creating a better future for people and the planet.

Our Mission

At Wide Open Agriculture, our mission is to create a range of great tasting and high performing plant protein ingredients.

We are focused on developing alternatives to pea and soy that improve outcomes for:

Customers
Food Manufacturers
Farmers

Committed to 4 returns.

WOA is a proud member of the 4 Returns network established and managed by Commonland Foundation. WOA's constitution recognises the importance of delivering 4 Returns across financial, natural, social and inspirational returns.

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