恵 · Kopi-Us · Chicagoland
A probiotic for your soil, drawn from an invasive abundance.
Kopi-Us is whole-fish hydrolysate fermented from invasive Asian carp taken out of Illinois waterways. We are stacking-functions with our whole-fish hydrolysate by removing invasive Asian carp from our waterways and formulating safe and effective hydrolysate for the land.
- 100%
- of the fish used
- 4
- simple ingredients
- 0
- synthetic salts
Why it works
We are focused on soil health and stability
Our fish hydrolysate is cold-fermented with lactobacillus, helping preserve naturally occurring proteins, oils, and minerals in a bioavailable form. While harsh chemical fertilizers can disrupt the balance of the soil ecosystem, our approach is designed to work with the soil web—supporting fertility while maintaining the biological balance healthy soil depends on.
Whole fish, nothing wasted
We use the entire invasive Asian carp — oils, bone, organs, protein — so the full spectrum of nutrition reaches your soil.
Four honest ingredients
Whole fish, water, sugar, and lactobacillus culture. Fermented, never heat-blasted, so the biology stays alive on the way to your roots.
Gentle by design
It will not burn your plants. Safe to handle, safe for kids and pets to be around, and safe at both residential and commercial scale.
The soil web
Feed the microbes, and the microbes feed the plant
Bacteria and fungi unlock nutrients that are already sitting in your soil, locked up and unavailable. Kopi-Us is their meal. As their populations bloom, they mineralize nutrients, build structure, hold water, and form a living shield around roots and leaves.
Soil drench. Dilute into water and let it permeate the root zone.
Foliar spray. Mist directly onto vegetation to reinforce the microbial shield on the leaf surface.
Stacking function
One act of removal, many yields
Regenerative permaculture asks us to capture what is already flowing past us. Asian carp are flooding Illinois waterways, out-competing native fish and stripping the plankton base. Taking them out protects the ecosystem — and turns a problem fish into a resource for healthy soil.
Our permaculture philosophy →Waterways protected
Every gallon starts with carp removed from the watershed.
Soil rebuilt
Microbial life returns to depleted, over-fertilized ground.
Chemistry reduced
Less need for salt fertilizers that flush back into the river.
Nothing wasted
The entire fish becomes plant-available nutrition.
Where to use it
All of your greenery
- Lawns & turf
- Vegetable beds
- Fruit trees & shrubs
- Native plantings
- Row crops
- Pasture & hay
- Containers
- Restoration sites