In food production systems, the requirement of today is moving away from 20th century succes of chemical based solutions towards 21st century biology based #natural #sustainable and #healthy solutions. This is the need of the hour to help sustain production, repair damaged environments, reduce diseases and mitigate risks enhanced by climate change. This highlights some of the current challenges of biologics. No one said it would be easy, but one step at a time helps solve problems. #Encapsulation (effective and low cost) can be used as a way to make biologics acceptable as a more mainstream solution. We at TeOra use #encapsulation as a solution to deliver oral disease management solutions to aquaculture, in a cost effective manner.
A recent article in AgFunderNews (AgFunder), featuring reporting from last month’s Salinas Biological Summit, has been making the rounds in the Global Ag offices. The report quotes Pam Marrone from her opening address at this conference. Dr. Marrone reflects on her industry experience, and observes many challenges in the development of new biological ag products: “… what is underestimated is how hard it is to go through the commercial development process, scale up, get the efficacy, get the shelf life, get the field life, [determine] what kind of formulation out there doesn’t work as well as chemicals… etc.” The challenges she describes are exactly the areas where Global Ag can help in new product development. As our founder, Fate Thompson, says “If a grower can’t see the difference in the field, they aren’t going to pay for it.” This on-the-ground agronomic perspective is missing in some new product approaches. With Global Ag assisting in the product development, these important real-world factors are integrated into the plan. Link for the article in the comments. #AgFunderNews #AgInnovation #AgBiologicals #TrustGlobalAg
