Manifesto
Ethanol is agriculture. This belief—this knowledge—is the foundation of every decision we make at Neutrality Co. Many industries use ethanol as a base ingredient—something to build on. We see it as one node on the continuum of our ecosystem. It is a product of the earth. And one day, in some form or another, it will return to the earth.
Which is to say: how we make ethanol has a direct relationship to how we exist on this planet. How we exist on our planet. We work with byproducts because if we don’t, what will become of them?
Nothing good.
We avoid single-purpose crops because there are enough fruits and grains thrown away every year to feed a thousand distilleries.
We work directly with small, family-owned farms because we think small, family-owned farms are good. We work with farms where “biodiversity” isn’t a buzz-word—it’s a generations-deep tradition, as important as the product of the farm itself. We work with the kinds of companies we think should continue to exist.
Ethanol is agriculture. And agriculture is life. In its simplest form, ethanol is the byproduct of yeast consuming sugar. Sugar, a carbohydrate, is produced in plants through photosynthesis. Plants come from seeds. Seeds draw on nutrients in the soil. Neutrality Co makes and sells ethanol, but we’re not just an ethanol company. We rely on soil. We rely on seeds. We rely on plants. We rely on fruit. This is all part of our ecosystem. And when we say “our,” we mean yours, too.
The Cascara Problem
Even shade-grown, organically farmed coffee has a substantial carbon footprint–and using cascara to produce fertilizer often pushes emissions even higher. The environmental toll of harvesting coffee is estimated at about 4.6 kgco2e per kilogram of coffee beans.
Which is to say: how we make ethanol has a direct relationship to how we exist on this planet. How we exist on our planet. We work with byproducts because if we don’t, what will become of them?
Nothing good.
The Cascara Problem
Even shade-grown, organically farmed coffee has a substantial carbon footprint–and using cascara to produce fertilizer often pushes emissions even higher. The environmental toll of harvesting coffee is estimated at about 4.6kg CO2 per kilogram of coffee beans.
We avoid single-purpose crops because there are enough fruits and grains thrown away every year to feed a thousand distilleries.
We work directly with small, family-owned farms because we think small, family-owned farms are good. We work with farms where “biodiversity” isn’t a buzz-word—it’s a generations-deep tradition, as important as the product of the farm itself. We work with the kinds of companies we think should continue to exist.
Ethanol is agriculture. And agriculture is life. In its simplest form, ethanol is the byproduct of yeast consuming sugar. Sugar, a carbohydrate, is produced in plants through photosynthesis. Plants come from seeds. Seeds draw on nutrients in the soil. Neutrality Co makes and sells ethanol, but we’re not just an ethanol company. We’re a seed company. We’re a plant company. We’re a fruit company. We’re a sugar company. This is our ecosystem. And when we say “our,” we mean yours, too.
Ethanol is agriculture. Neutrality Co. is here to lead the way towards a greener future for distilling.
Our ethanol comes in two formats
