Typha

Typha Co. develops sustainable horticulture products, including peat-free mulch and soil amendments, crafted from harvested cattails. The company’s core approach involves upcycling nutrient-laden aquatic plants from freshwater lakes into valuable gardening inputs. This method actively contributes to environmental remediation by permanently removing pollutants, offering an eco-conscious, renewable alternative to conventional gardening materials.

Alec Massé and Julien Koga co-founded Typha Co. in 2020, inspired by severe eutrophication challenges facing Lake Winnipeg. Massé, recognizing cattails' natural ability to filter and capture excess nutrients, saw an opportunity to transform this ecological problem. Their founding insight was to build a sustainable economic model leveraging natural processes to create beneficial products.

The company’s products serve gardeners and consumers committed to ecological restoration. Typha Co. aims to reduce nutrient loading in major lakes, enhance food security, and displace the horticulture sector’s reliance on non-renewable peat moss. Their vision focuses on expanding this circular economy model, fostering collaborations, and developing innovative bio-based solutions.