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Addressing Climate Change in Agriculture with Plasma Technology with Daniel White, Co-Founder and CEO at Clean Crop Technologies

Hardware to Save a Planet · 1 Feb 2024 · 42m · Episode 45

What this episode covers

Daniel White, Co-Founder and CEO of Clean Crop Technologies, explains how his company uses high-voltage cold plasma to treat seeds and food, aiming to reduce agricultural waste and improve crop yields. White details the company's pivot from addressing post-farmgate contamination in commodities like peanuts to focusing on seed treatment, where they have conducted 38 field trials across 15 crops to demonstrate yield improvements and disease reduction. He discusses the business model, which currently operates as a tolling service to generate cash flow while developing hardware for direct integration into seed processing lines, and highlights the challenges of scaling hardware startups from prototype to volume production.

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early-stage companies

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Clean Crop Technologies, Cargill, IGEN
Also
Iowa State, Mass Challenge

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