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June 20, 2024
Plant sap analysis can harmonize regenerative agriculture with economic prosperity.
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Where plants, animals and people collide: Indiana is positioned to shape the next chapter in bioscience innovation
December 14, 2023
More than a century in the making, Indiana’s innovation track record encompasses human health, plant science and animal health.
How the Croptix platform is changing plant nutrition and disease monitoring
June 14, 2023
AEA’s John Kempf on why his company led the recent seed round for US-based precision agriculture startup Croptix.
Exclusive: Resurrect Bio lands $2m from AgFunder & others to build up plants’ immune systems
May 16, 2023
Resurrect Bio uses gene editing to fix the innate immune system of crops and make them more resistant to disease.
Former Impossible Foods CFO David Lee launches new startup, Inevitable Tech, to be ‘the AI for agtech’
May 15, 2023
The company’s first product will be a “clean propagation system” to ensure healthier, higher-quality plants.
Plant cell culture deep dive: As cracks emerge in botanical supply chains, ‘It’s a huge space to watch’
May 5, 2023
Plant cell culture has been around for decades. So what’s prompted the recent flurry of activity in the food and nutraceuticals space?
Danforth Center researchers turn to epigenome editing to protect cash crop cassava from blight
March 28, 2023
Researchers recently demonstrated that epigenome editing can reduce blight symptoms in cassava plants without impacting plant growth or yield.
Exclusive: Israeli startup deploys CRISPR to ‘virtually eliminate’ bitter-tasting saponins in yellow peas
March 16, 2023
Israeli startup Plantae Bioscience uses CRISPR gene editing techniques to slash levels of bitter-tasting saponins in yellow peas, addressing a major pain point in the plant protein industry.
EXCLUSIVE: Emerging from stealth, Texas Crop Science partners with plant-genetics powerhouse GDM for high-yield soybeans
March 8, 2023
Once focused on cotton, Texas Crop Science is now partnering with world-renowned plant genetics company GDM for high-yielding soybean varieties for farmers.
BREAKING: Brightseed unveils first AI-discovered bioactive ingredient, partners with plant-based producer Puris
October 26, 2022
Brightseed Bio 01 is a dietary fiber ingredient meant to be incorporated into food and beverage items in order to boost gut health properties.
Meet the Founder: Solis Agrosciences’ Mary Fernandes on agbiotech, immigration and female entrepreneurship
October 14, 2022
Solis Agrosciences’ CEO discusses the future of biotech, role of farmers, and how her experience as a woman and an immigrant has informed her work.
How Deep Science Ventures aims to build resiliency in tropical agriculture, starting with Costa Rica
October 12, 2022
A new tropical agriculture program focuses on technologies and processes that restore and regenerate soils and species rather than solely extract from them.
AgTech NEXT 2022 will examine how technology, trade and talent can reinforce our food system
August 3, 2022
The three-day event in St. Louis will explore how we can build a more secure food system — and what we must do to take action right now.
EXCLUSIVE: Solis Agrosciences launches to accelerate ag biotech startup innovation
May 16, 2022
The US-based company provides ag biotech startups with many of the complex processes and equipment required to grow genetically engineered plants at scale.
12 startups from Europe solving some of the most pertinent issues in food & agtech
May 12, 2022
The F&A Next 2022 conference highlights 12 startups solving issues ranging from food wastage to providing alternative protein sources. Here are six.
BRDG Park: Growing the future of agrifoodtech
April 8, 2022
Access to talent, investors, and new technologies are among the benefits CTC and CoverCress have found in St Louis ag biotech community BRDG Park.
Bezos Earth Fund pledges $17m to Colombia’s Future Seeds plant gene bank
March 17, 2022
CGIAR’s Alliance of Biodiversity International aims to “climate-proof” tropical food systems through its brand-new plant genebank.
Brightseed discovers compounds in waste hemp hulls that could help fight fatty liver disease
March 9, 2022
Hemp hulls are normally discarded. But Brightseed says they contain compounds that could help treat metabolic diseases.
New Danforth Center unit aims to launch more agtech companies from the campus
February 14, 2022
The Center launched the Danforth Technology Company to commercialize its research and technology and launch new agtech startups from its own campus.
Olam calls on Brightseed’s AI to uncover health properties of garlic & pepper
January 12, 2022
The head of Olam’s spices business said that Brightseed’s data insights “will help us unlock the health potential and differentiation in our spice supply and fuel future innovation.”
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