Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop website has come under fire in recent years for supporting unscientific treatments and therapies and promoting gimmicks such as healing jade eggs. So, you can imagine our surprise when Goop recently published a piece on One Health featuring an interview with animal and human…

Visit the hashtag #quarantinekitchen on Instagram and you’ll find thousands upon thousands of mouthwatering photos of every food under the sun—folks have gotten really creative during this time. Even at a cursory glance, it’s hard to miss all the biotechnology in people’s kitchens. Some of the…

The coronavirus pandemic has certainly thrown plans for 2020 into disarray. I can't help but think about all the occasions we missed out on celebrating despite them falling on just the right day. Cinco de Mayo coincided with Taco Tuesday... July 4th landed on a Sunday... And while there is still…

There is quite a bit to celebrate at the BIO IMPACT Digital | Ag & Environment Conference this September. In addition to a reimagined event, this year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Rosalind Franklin’s birth and the legacy of George Washington Carver. Each year, the George Washington…

In a National Academies webinar, former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said, we as a nation have to consider that resiliency is just as important as efficiency. He was talking about the ways in which the coronavirus pandemic nearly broke the links in our food supply chain that were already…

Since the beginning of time, production of any kind creates waste. From our gadgets, to our personal care, to our food, growth begets garbage. However, as the planet drowns in our own waste, researchers are finding new and creative ways to reuse our refuse. Some of the best biotech innovations on…

For nearly two decades, the BIO World Congress has served as a catalyst to the growth and evolution of the bioeconomy. From the conversations started in BIO One-on-One PartneringTM that have led to critical partnerships, to the emerging company presentations that spurred investment, the conference…

Since the 1950s the Cavendish variety has held a monopoly on the banana market. But its dominance is not the result of taste or preference. Rather, grocery stores are stocked with the Cavendish variety because they are disease resistant. Specifically, they are resistant to Fusarium, a strain of…

This year marked the first time BIO’s Start-Up Stadium was part of the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Agtech. The Shark Tank-style forum provided innovators across industrial biotech and agtech unparalleled access to key members of the investment community, venture philanthropy…