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(AgFunder) AgTech NEXT 2020: Impossible’s Pat Brown in his own words, corporate partnerships, and the new realities of “risk” after COVID-19
When the pandemic started, venture capital firms hit the brakes on new investments. But food was the one thing that everyone still needed, regardless of where they were in the…
Read MoreDanforth Center Scientists Explore Artificial Intelligence to Develop the Farm of the Future
Todd Mockler, PhD, member and Geraldine and Robert Virgil Distinguished Investigator at the Danforth Center will co-lead a research team applying AI approaches to extract plant phenotypes, from sensor data…
Read MoreNext Great Rivers Greenway segment coming to Olivette
The City of Olivette is working in partnership with Great Rivers Greenway (GRG) to plan the next segment of the Centennial Greenway from its existing endpoint at I-170 and Olive…
Read MoreA small European clover is helping scientists fight fungal infections in plants
Scientists at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in Olivette have discovered a small clover that could hold the key to defeating a fungal disease that costs farmers worldwide more…
Read More(St. Louis Post Dispatch) Bayer launches carbon capture program for U.S. and Brazil farmers
Bayer AG launched a pilot program in the United States and Brazil this week that will pay farmers for capturing carbon in cropland soils, making it the latest agriculture company…
Read MorePlastomics Inc. Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation
Saint Louis, Missouri – July 23, 2020 – Plastomics Inc. has been awarded a Phase I National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Award of $225,000 to develop…
Read MoreAgTech NEXT is Going Virtual!
The Danforth Center will host the AgTech NEXT Summit virtually, replacing the event previously scheduled to be held November 10 – 12. Recognizing the robust agenda, and not wanting to…
Read More(St. Louis Post Dispatch) Whether cultivating roses or studying cassava, Black botanists are in the spotlight this week
Daria McKelvey knew she wanted to work with plants from a young age. Kevin Cox Jr. thought he wanted to be a pediatrician until he learned that plants get sick,…
Read More(MO Farmer Today) Research farms, labs search for new ways to improve crops
On research farms around the Midwest and at the Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, researchers continue to work to find new crop technology, new ways to grow better…
Read MoreDanforth Center Names Stephanie Regagnon Executive Director of Innovation Partnership Development
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced that Stephanie Regagnon will join the Center as Executive Director of Innovation Partnership Development on August 3, 2020. Regagnon will join the Center’s…
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