About Humus

Swiss structure. Field execution. Long horizon.

Humus L&L AG

Humus is a Swiss operating platform building regenerative land and biological value chains by bringing together the right expertise for each project.

A person carrying harvested vegetables through a field
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Ben David Bieri, Founder and CEO of Humus
Ben David BieriFounder & CEO
Why Humus exists

Regeneration needs an operating model around it.

Humus was built around a simple conviction: improving land alone is not enough if the economic system around the landscape remains weak. Regeneration endures when production, markets, capital, science and operations are connected.

The company therefore sits between natural capital and operating execution. It works to originate opportunities, build transition plans, connect value chains and create structures designed to endure around regenerative land.

01Operate, don’t just advise.

Humus is built around implementation: land transition, field systems, partnerships, supply chains and market access.

02Connect ecology and economics.

Regeneration is stronger when biological improvement and resilient business models reinforce each other.

03Build around the project.

Different landscapes and value chains require different specialists. Humus assembles the expertise around the case rather than forcing the case into a fixed team.

LeadershipBen David BieriFounder & CEO · Strategy, origination, partnerships & investment
Operating modelTeams built around each projectSpecialists selected around the landscape, value chain, geography and commercial objective
How we build project teams

Built around the project. Across the entire value chain.

Humus assembles teams around the landscape, product and market opportunity. The objective is to bring together the right specialists from biological production through processing, infrastructure, logistics and final market.

01Specialist layer

Land & Biology

Specialists are selected around the biological system and geography involved.

AgronomySoilEcologyForestryWaterBiodiversity
02Specialist layer

Operations & Supply Chains

When a value chain must be built from the ground up, Humus brings in the technical expertise required between production and market.

ProcessingCold chainWarehousingLogisticsInfrastructureCertificationTraceabilitySupply chain design
03Specialist layer

Products & Markets

Commercial specialists are selected according to the product category, customer and route to market.

FoodNatural productsTextiles & fashionMaterialsHospitalityProduct developmentOfftakeMarket access
Humus platform role

Originate the opportunity, define the operating architecture, assemble the relevant expertise and coordinate the partners required to move from land to a functioning value chain.

Humus L&L AG

Build the right operating system around the land. Then bring in the specialists required to make it work.