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St. Louis had all the ingredients, including — perhaps to some observers’ surprise — the money.  It’s fair to say Missouri’s on a life sciences roll. Momentum breeds further momentum,…

Brookings Institute sites St. Louis as a leader in agtech cluster creating economic growth.  Core elements of the agtech cluster include a specialized research center and incubator facilities focused on…

Benson Hill’s rapid growth poses a question: Is it still a startup? Benson Hill, with 155 employees and $133M in funding, fights to maintain the entrepreneurial spirit that helped make…

The Yield Lab Institute, the think tank arm of St. Louis-based startup accelerator The Yield Lab, has selected eight companies to participate in the first-ever Manure Challenge. The eight companies…

Angi Taylor found meaningful work in St. Louis’s growing agriculture industry.  Thousands of St. Louis residents are finding similar satisfaction as they take positions within the region’s growing agricultural sciences…

When a farmer plants a cover crop in between the year’s two cash crops, it protects and enriches the soil, but that off-season crop typically doesn’t yield a profitable harvest…

Aker Technologies, a Chicago-based agriculture technology firm, is moving to the St. Louis area after landing $2.6 million in financing led by Lewis & Clark Ventures.   Read the full story here.

It’s rare — even risky — to move to a new city, spouse and belongings in tow, without the security of a job. But if it’s a calculated risk that…

While St. Louis’ burgeoning technology and startup sectors might trail markets such as Boston and Silicon Valley in vibrancy and scale, it has clear advantages that can assist in attracting…

Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have identified a new method of producing life-saving antidotes using a microorganism discovered in a waste stream associated with the processing of…