Archive for March 2021
(AgriMarketing) Plastomics enters new collaboration to improve soybean insect resistance
Plastomics, Inc., an agricultural biotech company located in 39 North, developing a step change in trait delivery technology, and Evogene Ltd.’s, (NASDAQ, TASE: EVGN), Ag-Seed division, focusing on discovery and…
Read More(St. Louis Magazine)How a St. Louis scientist is developing a zero-carbon smart farm system
When Nadia Shakoor began searching for a streamlined way to collect data on crop growth, the seed was planted for a revolutionary idea: to create a fully integrated smart farm system. A…
Read More(St. Louis Post Dispatch) Rubber from sunflowers? Pentagon thinks startup’s research is golden
Among the many threats it monitors, the Pentagon is worried about rubber. It needs the natural stuff, from rubber trees, for aircraft and truck tires. Synthetic rubber doesn’t perform as…
Read More(St. Louis Business Journal) St. Louis startup Pluton Biosciences inks research agreement with Bayer
Pluton Biosciences, a fast-growing St. Louis biotechnology startup is teaming up with Bayer’s crop science division on development of a product aimed at helping farmers mitigate their carbon footprint. Pluton…
Read MoreSustainability-Focused Investment Partnership Selects Food Tech Company Benson Hill as First Investment for Climate Solutions Fund
Benson Hill, a 39 North food tech company unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants with its cutting-edge food innovation engine to create healthier, great-tasting and sustainable food and ingredient…
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