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Bioengineers Aim to Break Big Ag’s Addiction to Fertilizers
Designer microbes could replace the chemical fertilizers that contribute to climate change.
Read moreA new custom microbiome plant could help end the use of polluting fertilizer
A partnership between Bayer and organism design company Ginkgo Bioworks–the winner of the food category of Fast Company’s 2018 World Changing Ideas Awards–wants to create plants that don’t need energy-hungry, water-polluting nitrogen fertilizer
Read moreJoyn Bio formed to bring synthetic biology to agriculture
Joyn Bio was founded with the goal of bringing advanced techniques in synthetic biology to agriculture to support the industry’s sustainability efforts, starting with reducing the environmental impact of nitrogen fertilizer.
Read moreJoint venture with West Sacramento ties has new name
“Bayer’s newest biotech startup lab space dedicated to housing and fostering innovative ventures to transform modern agriculture.”
With designer bacteria, crops could one day fertilize themselves
“But these nitrogen-fixing microbes have been limited in what they can do by which plants' evolution has pushed them toward. We’re trying to change that.”
Read moreBayer And Ginkgo Bioworks, A Startup, Aim To Make Crops Produce Their Own Nitrogen Fertilizer
German conglomerate Bayer, together with Boston biotech startup Ginkgo Bioworks, announced this morning that they’re creating a new company that could make it possible for crops like corn, wheat and rice to produce nitrogen fertilizer.
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