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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. Current manufacturing is largely based on fossil fuels and leads to over a gigaton of CO2 equivalent emissions and many damaging environmental consequences such as fertilizer run-off and eutrophication.

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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. Current manufacturing is largely based on fossil fuels and leads to over a gigaton of CO2 equivalent emissions and many damaging environmental consequences such as fertilizer run-off and eutrophication.

Finance 52
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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Moreover, they have more potential to contribute to greenhouse gas mitigation via carbon sequestration. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers. Diverse plants and manure must take their place. Source: Philip H.

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The Future is CRISPR

Modern Farmer

Van Eenennaam, a professor of animal biotechnology, implanted embryos this spring in a herd of cattle, which carry the SRY gene. The global biotechnology company, Genus PIC, has used CRISPR to remove a portion of the gene that causes PRRS. “ The only limit to CRISPR’s abilities, it seems, could be scientists’ imaginations.

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Coalition letter regarding Science and Risk-based Regulations

NASDA

Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation Tennessee Soybean Association Texas Farm Bureau The Fertilizer Institute U.S. Apple Association U.S. Canola Association U.S. Durum Growers Association U.S. Pea and Lentil Trade Association U.S. Peanut Federation U.S. Rice Producers Association U.S.

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