Welcome to CASFER
Our vision is to enable resilient and sustainable food production by developing next-generation, modular, distributed, and efficient technologies for capturing, recycling, and producing electrified nitrogen-based fertilizers, or NBFs.
CASFER is pioneering a revolutionary system that transforms waste into valuable resources to feed future generations while protecting our planet.
Half of the world's food supply depends on human-made fertilizers, produced through an energy-hungry industrial process called Haber-Bosch (HB). These vital fertilizers face dramatic price swings that threaten both US farmers and global food security.
Every year, an astounding $200 billion worth of nitrogen fertilizer and $25 billion in phosphorous fertilizer go to waste. For every 5 pounds of fertilizer farmers apply, only 1 pound ends up in our food - the rest escapes into our environment.
CASFER's innovative technology captures nitrogen from livestock farms, wastewater plants, and farm runoff, transforming it into precision fertilizers delivered directly to farmers - creating a sustainable path from waste to food.


CASFER Impacts
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Increase food security for the nation.
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Reduce environmental impact from agricultural emissions.
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Decrease U.S. dependence on foreign sources of nitrogen-based fertilizers.
04
Affordable, sustainable sources of nitrogen-based fertilizers for U.S. farms.
Latest News and Events
- Convergence Research Seminar Series, Dr. Liu (Texas A&M)Fri, Jan 24Zoom Webinar
- 2nd Latin American Meeting on Green Ammonia and Power-to-XWed, Jan 08Santiago
- Convergence Research Seminar Series, Dr. Ippolito (Ohio State University)Fri, Dec 06Zoom Webinar
- CASFER Connect SymposiumTue, Oct 15Tallahassee
- MagLab TourTue, Oct 15Tallahassee
- Wakulla Springs TourTue, Oct 15Wakulla Springs
- Convergence Research Seminar Series, Dr. Andrea Romi (TTU)Fri, Sep 06Zoom Webinar
- Project Annual ReviewFri, Aug 16Zoom Webinar
- START ReceptionThu, Jul 25Lubbock
- REU PresentationsWed, Jul 24Zoom Webinar
- RET PresentationsFri, Jul 19Lubbock
- RET Testbed TourMon, Jul 01Lubbock
- Economics of Fertilizer ProductionThu, Jun 20Tallahassee
- Communication WorkshopFri, Jun 14Lubbock
- CASFER Electrochemistry WorkshopThu, Jun 13Lubbock
- Summer Programs OrientationMon, Jun 03Lubbock
- Convergence Research Seminar Series, Dr. Ehsani and Dr. OlssonFri, May 17Zoom Webinar