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(Ag News) Tech Accel expands in St. Louis with facilities at BRDG Park
TechAccel, the Kansas City-based technology and equity company investing in scientific breakthroughs to produce healthier plants, animals and foods, on Monday announced that it has completed a lease agreement for…
Read More(St. Louis Business Journal) Danforth Center scientist launches $6.2M climate change project through Bezos-backed initiative
A scientist from the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center has teamed up with a prominent research facility in California to launch a project designed to determine how one of the…
Read More(FORBES) Pivot Bio Nears $2 Billion Valuation As It Raises Whopping $430 Million To Replace Synthetic Fertilizers On Corn And Wheat
Pivot Bio broke the code on using microbes to get crops to self-fertilize, allowing farmers to replace their synthetic fertilizers. It’s now worth nearly $2 billion. In July 2021 the…
Read MoreNSF Taps Danforth Center to lead new institute
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced a $12.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the New Roots for Restoration Biology Integration Institute (NRR-BII). Allison Miller, PhD, member,…
Read More(St. Louis Business Journal) Agtech expertise draws millions in plant-based foods investments into St. Louis
The plant-based foods movement has taken hold in St. Louis. In addition to Hungry Planet, corporate giants like Anheuser-Busch and Post Holdings, and agtech upstarts like Benson Hill, have begun…
Read More(PrecisionAg TechHub) Perspective: Curing What Ails Agronomic Efficiency
Orlando Saez CEO & Co-Founder of Aker Technologies, Inc., offers his perspective on automation of the way we collect data, glean insights, generate recommendations, and deliver more value to our…
Read More(ST LOUIS INNO) The age of new ideas
At just 22, Felix Williams is bringing an unorthodox approach to venture capital investing that is already making an impact in St. Louis and 39 North. in 2017, Felix Williams launched…
Read More(ST. LOUIS INNO) How Nadia Shakoor brings new tech to agriculture
Nadia Shakoor has always had an interest in plants, so much so she decided to make a career out of it. Shakoor is a senior research scientist at the Donald Danforth…
Read MoreAgTech NEXT Lineup Announced!
St. LOUIS, MO, July 19, 2020 – The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center today announced that registration is now OPEN for AgTech NEXTTM2021 and that for the first time, the…
Read More(Post Dispatch) Danforth Center’s disease-resistant cassava tuber, key to feeding Africa, cleared for final trial
A new disease-resistant crop variety, developed by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and a potential key to feeding large swaths of Africa, has been cleared for its final test,…
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