Drawing upon three generations of research and innovation in agriculture development, specifically in cotton and cottonseed, Andy Ellis founded Mulch & Seed Innovations, LLC™ in 2003 in an effort to capitalize on cotton's natural strengths as a component in hydromulch and other landscaping products.

Cotton is naturally porous, absorbent and easily biodegradable. In theory, Andy reasoned, those characteristics made it an excellent foundation for nurturing seed and controlling erosion in the many current and burgeoning landscaping applications. So with a team of USDA agricultural researchers and the research muscle of Cotton Incorporated behind him, the theory was put to work.

After years of product development and testing in wide range of weather conditions and at varying degrees of slope, the proper ingredient mix was formulated and a new family of landscaping products made with recycled cotton plant materials was launched. To date, that includes GeoSkin® hydromulch and Mulch & Seed's premium products marketed under the brand names Hydra CM™ steep slope matrix and Hydra CX2™ extreme slope matrix, which are now distributed by North American Green. Research continues and additions to the Cotton GeoPhillics™ brand of seed nurturing and soil stabilizing products are being developed for manufacture by Mulch & Seed Innovations.

Mulch & Seed utilizes an annually renewable straw and a recycled cotton by-product from the ginning process in its products. The cotton we refer to includes lint and the cellulosic material that make up the cotton plant.

Commercial and residential development as well as highway and road construction (Department of Transportation) continues in all areas of this country under an increasingly challenging set of environmental and ecological regulatory parameters. Consequently, the efficacy of the products we use to address these challenges is as important as the issues that present them. Cotton/straw hydromulch provides critical opportunities in these areas. It is our intent to capitalize on these opportunities for the benefit of this generation of conservation-minded contributors and many to come.

Based in Centre, Alabama, Mulch & Seed Innovations is dedicated to producing high quality hydromulch and erosion control products that benefit not just the end-user, but the domestic farmer and ultimately, the environment.