Uncategorized
(AgriMarketing) Pivot Bio Names New CEO, Sales Pass $100 Million Mark, to Build New Facilities
Pivot Bio, Inc., a sustainable agriculture company delivering farmers patented crop nutrition technologies that harness the power of nature to reliably and productively grow the food the world needs, has…
Read MoreAgrela Ecosystems Ignites Innovation in Data-Driven Agriculture
Startup Launches the Next-Generation Environmental Sensor Platform ST. LOUIS, MO, August 21, 2023 – Agrela Ecosystems, a startup launched by Nadia Shakoor, PhD, principal investigator, at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announced the pilot…
Read More(Wall Street Journal) What was once a weed could fuel jet engines
Could growing weeds help the planet? Field pennycress, a plant in the Brassica family related to mustards and cabbages, is usually considered a weed. But one feature made it less…
Read More(Fast Company) Why this startup is covering the ocean with wooden balls
On a chilly day in the middle of May, a boat sailed from a port on the west coast of Iceland towing unusual cargo: a raft filled with millions of…
Read MoreIntelinair, Eiwa Announce Research Collaboration, Distribution Agreement
Technology to support corn and soybean field monitoring INDIANAPOLIS and ST. LOUIS – August 3, 2023 – Intelinair and Eiwa today announced that they have entered into a multi-year research collaboration and distribution agreement.…
Read MoreSt. Louis’s Agri-Food Tech Partners Go Global to Shine a Light on the Region’s Innovation Ecosystem
With its strengths in agri-food tech, St. Louis is at the center of the efforts to help mitigate and adapt to climate change and ensure worldwide food security for future…
Read MoreCompany Spotlight: Running Tide
Running Tide, a global ocean health company that works with nature to remove carbon and restore ecosystems and biodiversity, has been selected to participate in the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator…
Read More7 Startups Selected to Participate in Innovation Incubator (IN²), 2023 cohort
Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Partnership with Danforth Plant Science Center Announces New Cohort Focused on Climate-Aligned Agriculture Seven innovative agtech startups to receive $1.15 million in non-dilutive funding to accelerate…
Read More(Tech Crunch) Pluton Biosciences takes its carbon-fixing microbes to market with a fresh $16.6M
Pluton Biosciences is hard at work identifying beneficial microorganisms and putting them to work in agriculture, and just raised a $16.5 million Series A round to commercialize its most promising finds.…
Read MoreDanforth Center Scientist, Malia Gehan Named to Inaugural Class of TGI Fellows
ST. LOUIS, MO, May 31, 2023 – Malia Gehan, PhD, assistant member, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, was selected to be part of the Taylor Geospatial Institute’s inaugural class of TGI Fellows. …
Read More