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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 […]