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Benson Hill is working to improve the sustainability credentials of the leading source of plant-based protein: soy. It has developed a variety of the bean with up to 50% more…

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) on Thursday unveiled the incubator’s newest agtech cohort, which includes one company from St. Louis. READ MORE

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced that AgTech NEXT TM is launching a series of free, interactive monthly webinars called AgTech NEXT  Now! that will feature conversations about Risks and Rewards in a…

The St. Louis Economic Development Partnership (STL Partnership) is seeking proposals from qualified contractors for the Olive/Lindbergh Interchange Project. The deadline is May 28, 2020. The main vehicular interchange moving…

A Cambridge, U.K.-based organization that hopes to establish “a world-leading agritech nervecentre” in the famous British university town, is pursuing relationships with partners in St. Louis and Metro East. Read…

St. Louis’s vibrant startup community is the result of several organizations working together. Read More

St. Louis-based agtech startup CoverCress has closed a $5 million follow-on equity investment round as it inches closer to commercialization. Mike DeCamp joins company as chief operating officer. Read More

While it often feels like everything is on hold during the COVID-19 crisis, the Danforth Center’s Education Research Lab is busy conducting research and moving our understanding of science education…

An agricultural research project that includes scientists from the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and Washington University has snagged a $2.6 million federal grant from the  National Science Foundation.  Funding will…

AgTech NEXT TM is rescheduled to November 9 – 11, 2020, at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. The updated agenda will be posted online soon. Until then, our community will…