Innovating Natural Solutions for a better world

American Peat Technology (APT) is a privately owned environmental technology company serving the Soil & Plant Health, Water Treatment, Battery Mineral, and Spirits Distillation industries.  APT is located near the peatlands of Aitkin County, Minnesota, and is owned by over 50 individual households, all with ties to the local community.

Since 2003, APT has harvested reed sedge peat from a prior-converted peatland and transformed that peat into granular products for agriculture. APT's' legacy product line, BioAPT, is widely used as a carrier for nitrogen-fixing bacteria that is applied to pulse crops in North America.  APT has since expanded its scope to become a holding company for several wholly owned subsidiaries. Headwater Technologies offers a full slate of products and services to environmental, industrial, and municipal water markets. Cuyuna Range Reclamation is a domestic mineral processor that supplies high quality manganese salts to the battery supply chain.  A consumer packaged goods company, in partnership with Brother Justus Whiskey Company in Minneapolis, provides granular peat for the award-winning cold-peating process that has resulted in a new category of whiskey. 

Mission

Creating global impact by unlocking the potential of overlooked resources.

Vision

Solving the world’s gnarliest issues.

APT Core Values

Rise.  This simple English word elegantly sums up the story of American Peat Technology.  Yes, our technologies help rise new life from the ground, but more apropos, APT began from a failed start, a bankruptcy in 2003. 

Resilience is not celebrated enough.  Resilience is required when struggle threatens the continuity of a business.  Over the course of its history, like many businesses, APT experienced significant struggle. Each time, the leaders and investors in this community project circled the wagons, tightened their belts, and withstood the threats posed, often emerging stronger and better because of it.  Rise is not just a word to describe the products we provide. Rise is who we are.