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(Sustainability Magazine) Pivot Bio: transforming the food system & reducing emissions
As the human population rises and the focus of climate change shifts onto the methods of food production, many farmers are looking for sustainable solutions.Pivot Bio offers a clean alternative…
Read More(Vegconomist) Benson Hill Announces ‘Crop Accelerator’ to Supply Massive Demand for Plant Meat
Benson Hill, a publicly listed company since this September, announces the opening of its Crop Accelerator, a state-of-the-art research facility located near the Company’s St. Louis HQ. The company reports…
Read More(NY Times) How this new cover crop generates low carbon fuel
CoverCress, a homegrown startup based at BRDG Park at the Danforth Center is advancing a new cover crop that protects open soil between corn and soybean crops and produces an…
Read More(St. Louis Business Journal) Workforce program launches to give ‘crash course’ to biotech workers
A pair of St. Louis organizations have teamed up with a $32 billion life sciences giant to create a new education program designed to boost the region’s biotechnology workforce. The…
Read More(The Washington Post) Plant biologist turns to TikTok to show kids science in action
Katie Murphy, PhD, postdoctoral associate in Dr. Malia Gehan’s lab and Dr. Doug Allen’s lab, was featured in The Washington Post for her “Real Time Science” accounts on TikTok and Instagram. Through…
Read More(AgFunder) Climate Corp’s Jeremy Williams on geospatial imaging
One of the biggest aims for agrifoodtech startups is giving farmers more information and insight into what is happening with their crops. From sensors to satellites to soil tests, entrepreneurs…
Read MoreSt. Louis AgTech: An Innovation Community on the Move
Dr. William H. Danforth, founding chairman of the Danforth Center, had a vision for St. Louis as a bioscience and agriculture innovation ecosystem. That vision has never been more realized…
Read More(Business Facilities) Innovation Hubs Where Innovation Lives
The Global Institute on Innovation Districts recently launched its 2021 agenda to advance strategies that support geographies uniquely positioned to drive new waves of innovation, inclusive and sustainable growth. At…
Read More(St. Louis Business Journal) Danforth Center wins $1.5M grant to launch new geospatial/agtech innovation center (CATALST)
Three St. Louis-based innovation hubs are teaming up on a new initiative focused on advancing projects that pair together agriculture and geospatial technologies. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in…
Read MoreBenson Hill Rings the Opening Bell on NYSE
Danforth Center Spinout Benson Hill Goes Public VALUED AT $1.35B pre-money—ONLY THE SECOND “UNICORN” IN ST. LOUIS They are called “unicorns” because they are rarely seen. In Silicon Valley slang,…
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