The Team
Built at Berkeley.
Tom Blake
Mechanical Systems
Ethan Foong
Computational Materials
Ibrahim Noon
Systems Engineering
Zac Gibson
Structural Engineering
Dr. Hanna Breunig
Staff Scientist @ LBNL
Advisor
Ray Tsao
DevEng Masters
Advisor
MOFarm pays farmers to capture and sell their dairy cows' methane emissions.
Nobel Prize winning technology from Berkeley that captures ultra low concentration methane and unlocks dairy's wasted value
Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are molecular-scale gas sponges with ultra-high surface areas. Born from Nobel Prize-winning chemistry at UC Berkeley, these nanoporous structures selectively trap methane at the extremely dilute concentrations found in dairy barn air.
Retrofits into existing barns. Zero changes to farm routines. Fully managed by MOFarm.
Metal Organic Frameworks (molecular scale gas sponges) capture the ultra dilute methane emissions.
Captured methane becomes Renewable Natural Gas, which is then sold.
Shares this revenue back to keep farmers farming. Every glass of milk does a little good for farmers and planet.
Selected as the sole UC Berkeley startup to compete at the ACC InVenture Prize 2026, MOFarm earned 2nd place across all ACC schools and a $10,000 cash prize on the national stage.
Won First Place at Berkeley's SCET Collider Cup, securing our entry into Berkeley SkyDeck Pad-13.
Selected as finalists at Berkeley Big Ideas, one of UC Berkeley's flagship startup competitions for high-impact ventures.
Accepted into Berkeley SkyDeck Pad-13, one of the world's top university accelerator programs.
