Leaft Foods

Unlocking a complete protein from green leaves.

Christchurch · agritech · founded 2019leaftfoods.com

The people behind it

Maury Leyland — co-founder

While studying at Stanford, Maury was inspired to start a company to help farmers shift toward lower-impact, higher-value production.

John Penno — co-founder

Co-founded Leaft Foods with his wife, Maury Leyland

Mission

Unlocking Rubisco — a complete protein from green leaves — as a clean, high-performance food ingredient.

Beginnings

Born from a 2016 Stanford classroom insight: the future of food protein was hiding in plain sight — in green leaves.

Why people join

To join a company having a huge positive impact on the environment.

The bigger picture

Bringing one of nature's best proteins from green leaves into low-impact food for people and pets worldwide.

Open roles

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