There’s great news in the advanced bioeconomy this month. Impossible Foods has secured $200 million in its latest funding round, led by new investor Coatue. Wonder Food The industry-leading food-tech startup has raised about $1.5 billion since its founding in 2011. Impossible Foods will use the funds in part to expand its research and development […]
2019 was a banner year for RSB that saw growing recognition of RSB’s leadership in the circular and bio-based economy, as well as engagement of new sectors and overall expansion of their global footprint. Check out their just released annual report that dives into their exciting projects, certifications and developments to their standard across many sectors – […]
Take genotype + environment + management practices and you’ve got phenotyping, a measurable characteristic or trait of a plant. In this case, we look at sorghum from Purdue University’s Dr. Melba Crawford and how they are using multi-modality sensing and modeling for high throughput phenotyping of sorghum as an energy crop. Field-based phenotyping, RGB imagery-based field phenotyping, […]
The Digest recently reported on CoverCress and why the U.S. Department of Energy’s $13 million grant for new high-value feedstock, pennycress, is so key. For an in-depth visual guide on how CoverCress is delivering new farm income and low carbon intensity feedstocks while producing cover crop benefits, how it fits between corn harvest and soybean […]
By Sam Nejame, CEO of Promotum & Simão Soares, CEO of SilicoLife Special to The Digest Most people have a hard time dealing with climate change deniers. We say, they’re backward, there’s overwhelming evidence, they’re anti-science. Anthropomorphic green house gases accumulate in the atmosphere and if we don’t live more sustainably the earth’s temperature will […]
Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Scipio Biofuels was founded to use the company’s innovative algaculture technology to do its part to alleviate the effects of […]
REG’s robust performance despite disruptive markets is fascinating. Here’s a look at REG’s first half of 2020 performance, industry sales, demand, and inventory, sale of blends of biodiesel in renewable diesel, details on the REG agreement with Hunt & Sons, feedstock prices, third quarter market forces, the latest on updated 2020 estimates for gallons sold and […]
By Cynthia Thyfault, Global Biofuture Solutions, Founder and CEO and Gerard J. Ostheimer, PhD., Co-Founder and CSO Special to The Digest Due to a wide range of global challenges including climate change, environmental sustainability, social inequality, and the need for ethical corporate governance, ESG investing and reporting has become the “new normal” for investment firms, […]
We reported breaking news from Yield10 Bioscience’s latest development with their genome-edited canola plant lines here and today we have their latest investor presentation highlighting how this agricultural bioscience company is developing innovations to improve crop yields for a variety of feedstocks. From this year’s accomplishments like completing Phase 1 of trait development program in corn to reporting field […]
In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a five-year, $13 million grant to a nationwide research project to genetically strengthen Thlaspi arvense, commonly known as pennycress, for use in sustainable energy efforts. CoverCress is an unfunded co-participant in this work, and you can see CoverCress CEO Jerry Steiner’s overview of that technology here. […]
