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Welsh biotech firm announces AD-boosting additive

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Cardiff-based biotech company Genesis Biosciences has developed what it describes as a novel and low site footprint solution to help bolster the performance and environmental credentials of anaerobic digestion (AD) systems. Wastewater treatment plant.

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EcoFABs could lead to better bioenergy crops, say researchers

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For the study, Novak and colleagues in Trent Northen’s lab used EcoFABs to test how different forms of nitrogen affect the production of organic substances given off by the roots in Brachypodium , a small grass species used as a model for bioenergy grasses.

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Project secures EU funding to create sugars, chemicals and plastics from household waste

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The VAMOS (Value Added Materials from Organic Waste Sugars) project has received €6,984,813 funding from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

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Brief: Nutrition Technologies lands $20m to expand insect-protein operation across Asia

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The biotech company’s production system leverages black soldier fly larvae to produce proteins for animal feed and fertilizers. Nutrition Technologies’ closed-loop system uses proprietary growth inoculants and black soldier flies to convert organic waste into proteins and oils that can enrich animal feed and bio-fertilizers.

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Demo plant produces industrial sugars from mixed household waste fractions

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The South Wales-based plant’s commissioning marks the next phase of the innovative VAMOS (Value Added Materials from Organic Waste Sugars) project, set up to examine the feasibility of innovative resource recovery techniques to use municipal waste as a raw material feedstock for the circular and bio-based economy.

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Meet the founder: Mzansi Meat’s co-founders on building a global foodtech company with African roots

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We then started a program called Animal Advocacy Africa, which is helping raise about a million dollars for animal advocate organizations in Africa, primarily outside of South Africa. AFN: What was your experience in putting together a biotech team? It’s a think tank that works in animal interests-related work and policy.

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India’s first insect farming startup Loopworm secures $3.4m seed round led by Omnivore, WaterBridge

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Indian insect biotech startup Loopworm has raised $3.4 The company sources this food waste — which it likes to call “organic byproduct”– from food processors, retail food chains, and fruit markets. million in seed funding co-led by Indian agrifood VC Omnivore and WaterBridge Ventures.

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