Tyson Foods buys into Beyond Meat
In Arkansas, Tyson Foods invested an undisclosed amount for a five percent ownership position in Beyond Meat to help the plant-based protein producer expand...
Chew on This: Plant Peptides Help Kill Cavities and Tooth Decay
In Pennsylvania, Penn Dental Medicine researchers found a way to prevent cavities and tooth decay with a single biomaterial topical treatment using plants that...
The Paramount Deal: World Energy takes off with audacious $72M acquisition of AltAir and...
In Massachusetts, World Energy has acquired renewable jet and diesel producer AltAir Paramount, and its Paramount Petroleum refinery assets, both collocated in Paramount, CA,...
As petroleum prices, demand soars, US, EU dither on biofuels
Petroleum is on the rise again and this week IHS said that refined product demand growth has averaged 1.2 million barrels per day over the...
Sorghum and Barley Get Married – How Adding a Barley Gene to Sorghum Is...
In Iowa, biofortification in sorghum is helping increase the body’s absorption of beta-carotene which is converted to Vitamin A. This is especially helpful for...
Beyond Meat raises $55 million from Cleveland Avenue and Tyson Foods to triple production
In California, Beyond Meat raised $55 million in a new round led by Cleveland Avenue, LLC, the venture capital firm founded by Don Thompson,...
The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of April 18th, 2018
The pace of invention and change is just too strong, we’ve realized, to highlight annual or even quarterly or monthly rankings and summaries of...
Zymergen gets Lit: raises $130M in epic Series B
In California, Zymergen has raised $130 million in Series B funding led by SoftBank Group. The round also includes prior lead investor Data Collective...
The $20 Million Carbon XPRIZE: The 10 Finalists, revealed
In New York, XPRIZE announced the 10 teams advancing to the final round in the $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE.The 10 finalists, each taking...
Crazy Sexy Gut Health
Gaze at your navel for a second. Use a mirror if you like. Go ahead, it’s OK, I won’t tell anyone.
Yes, the navel, the omphalos....