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Cleantech Industry Pioneer Martin Turock Retires

CleanTech San Diego

The program, which offers free business services through a consortium of regional partner organizations to help energy entrepreneurs successfully bring their innovations to market, has since become the flagship initiative of Cleantech San Diego for the past seven years. After joining SCEIN we have gone from a team of three to nearly 120.

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Cleantech Industry Pioneer Martin Turock Retires

CleanTech San Diego

The program, which offers free business services through a consortium of regional partner organizations to help energy entrepreneurs successfully bring their innovations to market, has since become the flagship initiative of Cleantech San Diego for the past seven years. After joining SCEIN we have gone from a team of three to nearly 120.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

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Cultured Meat Will Cost Startups $150m-$370m (and Take At Least 4 More Years) to Bring to Market

AFN Sustainable Protein

T he UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that animal agriculture contributes to around 15% of greenhouse gas emissions of which 60% comes from cows getting consumers. The first lab-grown burger was produced in 2013 by Mark Post, a Dutch professor of vascular physiology who is founder of Mosa Meats.

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