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The new plan to remove a trillion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere: Bury it
Boston, Massachusetts, June 12, 2019 —Last month, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere surpassed 415 parts per million, the highest in human history. Environmental experts say the world is increasingly on a path toward a climate crisis.
The most prominent efforts to prevent that crisis involve reducing carbon emissions. But another idea is also starting to gain traction — sucking all that carbon out of the atmosphere and storing it underground.
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CNBC Names Indigo World's Most Innovative Company
Boston, Massachusetts, May 15, 2019 —This Boston-based agricultural technology start-up is creating seed treatments that optimize the health of a plant in order to increase its yield. The aim is to use natural microbiology and tech to improve sustainability, profits for growers and, of course, consumer health. Currently, the company's seed treatments are used for five major row crops — corn, wheat, soybeans, rice and cotton.
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Indigo Among Founding Members of New Sustainability Coalition
Raleigh, North Carolina, February 26, 2019 —Today, ten private-sector companies and nonprofit organizations have announced their intent to join together to form the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium.
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Indigo Named to Fast Company's 2019 Most Innovative Companies List
Boston, Massachusetts, February 20, 2019 — Indigo Agriculture, a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet, was named one of 2019's Most Innovative Companies, earning #35 overall and #3 in the Food category.
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Indigo Named a 2019 Best Place to Work
Glassdoor named Indigo one of the Top Small & Medium Places to Work in 2019, based on criteria including overall job satisfaction, compensation and benefits, culture and values, senior management, and work/life balance. Read more here.
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Indigo Agriculture Closes $250M To Launch Digital Farmer's Market
By Christian Kreznar
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Forbes names Indigo one of the most innovative agtech startups
By Alex Knapp, Maggie McGrath, and Chloe Sorvino
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Indigo Named One of the Most Eco-Friendly Companies Hiring
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How Indigo Is Harnessing Nature to Help Feed the Planet
David Perry, Indigo president and chief executive officer, discusses the company's agricultural technology with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Farming startup Indigo raises $203 million with help from Dubai fund
By Heather Somerville
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Indigo Ag Closes $203m Series D with Dubai Sovereign Fund for Microbial Seed Tech, Innovative Business Model
By Louisa Burwood-Taylor
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AgTech Startup Indigo Is Boston’s Newest Unicorn After $156M Series D
By Lucia Maffei
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Boston Startup Hopes Its Seeds Will Help Farmers Cope With Climate Change
By Asma Khalid
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Watch: Technology Pioneer Q&A with David Perry at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the New Champions
What are the most exciting innovations companies are working on around the world? David Perry, CEO and Director of Indigo Agriculture, participates in an exclusive Q&A with the 2017 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers — a group of 30 global companies who are pioneering technology and innovation.
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"From the Ground Up": West Texas cotton yields 10% higher
View the interview with Greg Sword, professor of entomology at Texas A&M, on KBTX.
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10 Mass. companies to watch in 2017
At the former Hood dairy plant, scientists working for Indigo Agriculture are trying to coax bacteria and fungi to produce supercharged versions of everyday plants. If they succeed, farmers could begin harvesting crops that require less water and fewer pesticides, all without having to mess with a plant’s DNA. There’s a lot of money betting they can pull it off.
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To save on water, seeds get microbes
A couple of Arkansans are key parts of a Massachusetts agritech research firm's plans to spend some $100 million to help farmers raise crops on less water and eventually help feed the planet's population more efficiently.
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Q&A: Indigo's CEO Reveals the Logic Behind Its Plant Microbiome Technology
By Olivia Vanni
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Indigo’s Microbial Tech for Crops Lands $100M to Fight Plant Stresses
By Frank Vinluan
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Indigo Is Researching Microbes So We Can Feed the next Billion People
By Natalie Shoemaker
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Startup Indigo wants to use bacteria to create hardy super-crops.
By Nidhi Subbaraman
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Indigo Is Mapping Plant Microbiomes To Produce Next Generation Crops
By Matthew Lynley