Origins is a cooperative platform that makes regenerative agricultural supply chains visible, verifiable, and ready to source, with every lot traceable to the community and land that produced it. The platform supports farmer transitions to regenerative practices, builds shared cooperative infrastructure, and verifies ecological and social outcomes at the plot level. Its first origin is the Wanakaset Symbiosis Network in southern Thailand, where rubber is grown within multi-species forests and connected to global brands through the Regenerative Rubber Alliance.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Conventional agricultural supply chains obscure the origin of goods, making it difficult for buyers to verify ecological and social claims. Smallholder farmers practicing regenerative agriculture often lack the shared infrastructure, market access, and verification mechanisms needed to capture premium value for their outcomes.
Solution
Origins provides a cooperative platform that makes regenerative supply visible, verifiable, and ready to source, with every lot traceable to the community and land that grew it. The platform supports farmers through the transition to regenerative agriculture via outreach and peer-to-peer learning, while building cooperatives and shared infrastructure that give smallholders the power of a network. Origins verifies ecological and social outcomes at the plot level, ensuring every claim is evidence-based. Buyers can discover supply by origin, group, crop, and verified outcomes, then inquire, review provenance and compliance documentation, and transact directly through the platform.
Target Audience
Primary customers are global footwear brands and strategic partners seeking verified regenerative rubber supply, as well as other buyers looking for traceable, compliant regenerative agricultural products.
Features
- Plot-level verification of ecological and social outcomes, ensuring claims are evidence-based
- Traceability from lot to community and land, with exact farm-plot data never shown publicly
- Discovery tools to browse supply by origin, group, crop, specifications, and verified outcomes
- Built-in compliance and chain-of-custody documentation for buyer review
- Cooperative governance model where data belongs to farming communities and is held in trust
- Focus on Keystone Crops, with the flagship origin being the Songkhla Lagoon Watershed in southern Thailand