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Believer Meats CEO Gustavo Burger Meets U.S. Senators Ted Budd and Thom Tillis, Reaffirms Commitment to Investing in North Carolina

July 19, 2023

Believer Meats, a leading pioneer of the cultivated meat industry, announced today its CEO, Gustavo Burger, and COO, Kash Muthuraman, met with U.S. Senators Ted Budd (R-NC) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Tuesday, June 20, in Washington D.C.

Economic Impact of North Carolina Agriculture and Agribusiness Reaches Record $103.2 Billion

June 1, 2023

Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler today announced that for the first time the economic impact of North Carolina’s agriculture and agribusiness industry has topped $100 billion, reaching a new record of […]

NC State Spin-off TreeCo To Breed a Better Forest

June 1, 2023

A company founded by two NC State researchers is setting out to revolutionize the forestry industry by combining insights from tree genetics with the power of genome editing. North Carolina is […]

First, meatless meat; now, plant-based seafood – that’s mission of Raleigh startup Pearlita Foods

May 9, 2023

As a girl growing up on the coasts of Denmark and Sweden, Nikita Michelsen treasured delicious seafood dishes made in her grandmother’s kitchen. Today, however, many of those ocean delicacies […]

Durham food tech startup Elo Life Systems lands $24.5M

February 16, 2023

DURHAM – Elo Life Systems, manufacturer of a monk fruit-based sweetener product for use in food and beverages, has hit major milestones in product development and has closed $24.5 million in […]

Gene editing startup Pairwise adds 3 execs in preparing for first food launch

February 16, 2023

Gearing up for a new gene editing-boosted salad, foodtech startup Pairwise has added three executives to its management team. As Conscous – what the company calls a “nutrient-dense leafy green mix” – […]

NC State plays critical role in stewardship of global agriculture industry

November 25, 2022

RALEIGH – Phosphorus is essential to all living things, one of the building blocks of DNA and cells’ energy currency. Food supplies rely on phosphorus fertilizers, but their use is inefficient […]

To cut food waste, Novozymes will partner with AgroFresh

November 25, 2022

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – In the spirit of “waste not, want not,” two food-focused companies are working together to find sustainable solutions that keep foods fresher, longer, after harvest and reduce […]

Welcome Home: NC State Plant Sciences Building

November 25, 2022

For more than a decade, experts have been sounding the alarms on an impending food crisis that is slowly but surely playing out. By 2050, the world will need to […]

A Partner in Data Science

November 25, 2022

The NC State Data Science Academy was launched in March 2021 to build community, communication, and collaboration around the data sciences across the university’s 10 colleges- and across the globe […]