Plantd

🎉 Employee of the Month: Will Moss! Please join us in congratulating Will on being named Plantd’s Employee of the Month for August! Will plays an incredibly important role behind the scenes, helping keep our facility safe, up to code, and running smoothly. He brings a high level of pride and care to everything he does, is always willing to jump in wherever he’s needed, and continuously shares his knowledge to help make the team around him better. We’re grateful for everything Will brings to Plantd and are excited to celebrate this well-deserved recognition. Congratulations, Will! 👏

We’re continuing our National Intern Day celebration by highlighting our Agriculture interns! 🌱 From tissue culture to hands-on work with our Ag team, we’re grateful for the hard work, curiosity, and fresh perspective they’ve brought to Plantd this summer. Thanks for being part of the team! 🌾 Gabriela E Nurse Latorre Eden Lieske Jasper Berry

The best climate solutions don’t ask customers to make a tradeoff. They win because they deliver better value. Great conversation with Nathan Silvernail, our co-founder & CEO, on the BUILDERS podcast. Give it a listen.

Last week, we celebrated National Intern Day! 🎉 We’re grateful for all the hard work, fresh ideas, and energy our interns bring to Plantd. Thanks for being part of the team! 🌱 Dylan Tomaszewski Devam Patel James Kolb Lucas Crespo Diego Mercado Maxwell Kanipe Sonia McKenzie Nick Cox Donald Kaplan

A quick look at our Farmer Field Day 🌱 Local farmers, landowners, and community partners joined us to see the grass up close, learn more about its growth, and explore what growing for Plantd could look like. Be on the lookout for our next field day—Fall Harvest—coming soon.

What if the future of building materials didn’t come from forests? - For decades, construction has relied on a familiar formula: Trees become timber. Timber becomes panels. Panels become buildings. But Plantd is exploring a different possibility: growing materials instead. - The climate tech company is transforming fast-growing perennial grass into structural building panels; challenging how we think about sourcing, manufacturing, and designing with materials. - Because the future of construction may not only be about building better. It may be about rethinking where our materials come from. - Read our latest Climate Tech feature: The Future of Materials May Begin in a Field via this link🔗: https://lnkd.in/e-sxBst8 #ClimateTech #MaterialsInnovation #BuiltEnvironment #Architecture #SustainableDesign #FutureOfMaterials

Nathan Silvernail, our co-founder & CEO, puts into words a principle at the center of Plantd: “I will sacrifice the bottom line to make sure I'm making the right decision sustainably. I tell investors this all the time, my bottom line is not the dollar, it's carbon.” Read Nathan’s full post below, along with the Offsite Builder Magazine article.

🌟 July Employee of the Month: Marie Smith 🌟 Marie has made an incredible impact in a short amount of time. Her initiative, positive attitude, and ability to keep projects moving have made a meaningful difference across the engineering team. What sets Marie apart is her dedication, strong work ethic, and willingness to jump in wherever she's needed. She approaches every challenge with a can-do attitude and has already made a meaningful contribution to the team. We're grateful to have Marie as part of Plantd and are excited to recognize her as our July Employee of the Month. Congratulations, Marie! 🎉 👏

Eight townhomes in #Charlotte will be a proof point for strategic relationships to unlock new land opportunities and deliver on the promise for the future of building materials. Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region, City of Charlotte, and D.R. Horton's Charlotte North division announced a new relationship to deliver affordable homeownership at Harmony Ridge. The build will be one of the first in the country to use Plantd's next-generation structural panels in place of traditional OSB. This pilot and these relationships were catalyzed through our network and announced at our Housing Innovation Summit in Charlotte, where public, private, and nonprofit partners came together around a shared goal to increase supply and reduce costs with the consumer at the front of the entire process. For more details on Plantd check out the video below from The Hustle with over 2MM views! 🚀 A few things worth noting: → Habitat has already completed horizontal development and permitting on the site. D.R. Horton is leading vertical construction — each partner doing what it does best. → Plantd's grass-based panels are a drop-in replacement for OSB — no changes to framing specs or permitting — with greater strength and moisture resistance than the standard product. → The City of Charlotte's T. Warren Wooten, AICP put it well: no single organization solves a housing challenge like this alone. It takes public, private, and nonprofit partners rowing in the same direction. This is what we do - it's Where Innovation Meets Action. We don't just bring housing leaders together. We put their talent to work every time we do, and these homes are part of that commitment. Excited to watch them go up! Full release: https://lnkd.in/diT5m6Qa https://lnkd.in/g8e8JUrb