Fertilizer production expansion program

The Federal Grant Award of $3,999,999.00 was provided by the Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Fertilizer Product Expansion Program (CFDA 10.383). The award, granted on April 23, 2024, supports a two-year project by Simonpietri Enterprises LLC, a small disadvantaged, woman-owned, and veteran-owned business in Hawaii, to expand its fertilizer production capabilities and technologies.

The project aims to increase the availability of nitrogen, phosphate, and potash fertilizers and nutrient alternatives for agricultural producers, particularly in crop years 2023 and 2024. Simonpietri Enterprises specializes in sustainable technologies across renewable energy, waste recycling, and agricultural innovation, with a focus on converting biomass and urban waste streams into productive resources. The grant will enable the company to further develop its gasification and bioenergy production technologies to create low-carbon fertilizer and sustainable aviation fuel from tropical biomass.