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Switch Bioworks Raises $17M in Series Seed Financing

World Agri-Tech

Nitrogen fertilizer is an expensive yet essential crop nutrient, supporting the food supply of half the world’s population. That’s a problem, because if your microbes get outcompeted in a matter of days, they can’t make a meaningful amount of fertilizer over the crop growing season. and internationally.

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Switch Bioworks Raises $17M in Series Seed Financing

World Agri-Tech

Nitrogen fertilizer is an expensive yet essential crop nutrient, supporting the food supply of half the world’s population. That’s a problem, because if your microbes get outcompeted in a matter of days, they can’t make a meaningful amount of fertilizer over the crop growing season. and internationally.

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Precision Ag News 5/16

Agwired

In response to President Biden’s Executive Order 14081, “Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a plan to update, streamline, and clarify their regulations and oversight mechanisms for products of biotechnology.

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Over time, the consolidation and commodification of seeds has eroded the resilience of our food systems, diminishing the agrobiodiversity of crops cultivated in the US at an alarming rate. The History of US Seed Breeding For most of the history of domesticated crops, those who grew crops saved seeds from one growing season to the next.

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Coalition letter regarding Science and Risk-based Regulations

NASDA

Director, Public Policy rj.karney@nasda.org Sender: Agricultural Coalition Subject: Science and Risk-based Regulations Download The post Coalition letter regarding Science and Risk-based Regulations appeared first on NASDA.

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