Meet the Microbz team

Learn about Microbz – the team

We’re really proud of our team which is committed to delivering the best products for health and wellbeing. Find out more about the Microbz team and feel free to get in touch with us if you have any questions about microbes and what they can do for you.

01

Katie Ward

Katie is the MD of microbz probiotics, a small family run business based in Wiltshire. She is an advocate for a probiotic life and an expert for anyone looking to use probiotics in place of the chemicals and antibacterial products. As Sue and Jeff’s daughter she grew up learning about fermenting soil microbes and how to use them in various aspects of life. She has seen many problems solved by the use of probiotics and beneficial microbes and now uses these in all aspects of her life with her young children. 

 

Katie is passionate about the heart of the business - trusting nature, bringing nature back into our lives and rewilding our guts and environments with the invisible microbial life that we rely on to survive and thrive. 

 

Katie oversees the hand-brewing of all products in a small factory in Wiltshire with a brilliant team of microbe enthusiasts. 

02

Jeff Allen

microbz Co-Founder and head brewer. 

Born on a farm in northwestern Kenya, Jeff formed an early connection to the land. It was in Australia he was first introduced to Microbial Balancing technology in the early 2000’s. Immediately seeing the potential for this green technology to change lives by improving both soil and gut health naturally. 

Jeff started brewing 5 litres of microbes on the kitchen table and tested it on friends and family. Proving a success, Jeff expanded his operation over the last 15 years, developing and refining his brewery and brewing technique to produce 11 different microbial supplements for gut health selling widely throughout the UK and now based in a 6000 sq ft factory. 

More recently he has developed new ranges working with microbes for cleaning, to enrich gardens, to support pets including their health and homes and is now working with the UK agriculture sector to provide microbes as part of a regenerative farming solution. 

“As soon as I first heard about microbes I wanted to work with them. Microbes are endlessly fascinating; I love to learn about them, I love what they do, and I love to find better ways to work with them. We are still building this business and all that goes into driving success but basically, it’s a love story”.

03

Sue Allen

microbz Co-Founder and horticulturalist

By passion and profession, Sue is the gardening expert within the microbz team. Her garden is her happy place and when not managing the microbz office or wordsmithing our communications, it’s where you’re most likely to find her.

Inspired from a young age by her father, Sue has a lifelong passion for gardening. She completed a Higher Diploma in Horticulture at Lackham College in 1995 and is a member of Bremhill Vales Farming Group, a local farming cluster. But her real expertise is self-taught. It comes from the many hours that she’s spent creating her own garden - reading, exchanging ideas with fellow enthusiasts and importantly testing, learning and watching her own ideas grow. 

When Sue and Jeff arrived at Naish House more than 20 years ago it was a horticultural desert. Under Sue’s direction they’ve transformed it into the rich landscape that it is today, complete with a stunning pond, wildflower meadow,  vegetable patch and orchard, all cultivated from the same healthy soils where they harvest microbes for their business. 

“ When we found Microbial Balancing Technology, the connection we felt, with the microbes, with each other, and with the potential of this ‘solution’ for the planet, was immediate and expansive. We committed to learning more and quickly turned one of our outbuildings into a mini-brewery. I continue to be amazed by and value more and more the magic of our soils and microbes with them.” 

01

Katie Ward

Katie is the MD of microbz probiotics, a small family run business based in Wiltshire. She is an advocate for a probiotic life and an expert for anyone looking to use probiotics in place of the chemicals and antibacterial products. As Sue and Jeff’s daughter she grew up learning about fermenting soil microbes and how to use them in various aspects of life. She has seen many problems solved by the use of probiotics and beneficial microbes and now uses these in all aspects of her life with her young children. 

 

Katie is passionate about the heart of the business - trusting nature, bringing nature back into our lives and rewilding our guts and environments with the invisible microbial life that we rely on to survive and thrive. 

 

Katie oversees the hand-brewing of all products in a small factory in Wiltshire with a brilliant team of microbe enthusiasts. 

02

Jeff Allen

microbz Co-Founder and head brewer. 

Born on a farm in northwestern Kenya, Jeff formed an early connection to the land. It was in Australia he was first introduced to Microbial Balancing technology in the early 2000’s. Immediately seeing the potential for this green technology to change lives by improving both soil and gut health naturally. 

Jeff started brewing 5 litres of microbes on the kitchen table and tested it on friends and family. Proving a success, Jeff expanded his operation over the last 15 years, developing and refining his brewery and brewing technique to produce 11 different microbial supplements for gut health selling widely throughout the UK and now based in a 6000 sq ft factory. 

More recently he has developed new ranges working with microbes for cleaning, to enrich gardens, to support pets including their health and homes and is now working with the UK agriculture sector to provide microbes as part of a regenerative farming solution. 

“As soon as I first heard about microbes I wanted to work with them. Microbes are endlessly fascinating; I love to learn about them, I love what they do, and I love to find better ways to work with them. We are still building this business and all that goes into driving success but basically, it’s a love story”.

03

Sue Allen

microbz Co-Founder and horticulturalist

By passion and profession, Sue is the gardening expert within the microbz team. Her garden is her happy place and when not managing the microbz office or wordsmithing our communications, it’s where you’re most likely to find her.

Inspired from a young age by her father, Sue has a lifelong passion for gardening. She completed a Higher Diploma in Horticulture at Lackham College in 1995 and is a member of Bremhill Vales Farming Group, a local farming cluster. But her real expertise is self-taught. It comes from the many hours that she’s spent creating her own garden - reading, exchanging ideas with fellow enthusiasts and importantly testing, learning and watching her own ideas grow. 

When Sue and Jeff arrived at Naish House more than 20 years ago it was a horticultural desert. Under Sue’s direction they’ve transformed it into the rich landscape that it is today, complete with a stunning pond, wildflower meadow,  vegetable patch and orchard, all cultivated from the same healthy soils where they harvest microbes for their business. 

“ When we found Microbial Balancing Technology, the connection we felt, with the microbes, with each other, and with the potential of this ‘solution’ for the planet, was immediate and expansive. We committed to learning more and quickly turned one of our outbuildings into a mini-brewery. I continue to be amazed by and value more and more the magic of our soils and microbes with them.”