HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is one of 12 regional ecosystem innovation hubs in the U.S. and four foreign countries to be selected as an Ecosystem Partner in a new platform called H.A.R.V.E.S.T. (Harnessing Agricultural Research and Venture Ecosystems for Sustainable Technology).
H.A.R.V.E.S.T. is a global collaborative agtech accelerator built upon the success of the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubators (IN2) and facilitated by the Yield Lab Institute in St. Louis, Mo.
As an Ecosystem Partner, HudsonAlpha will guide agtech startups into the program pipeline, connect innovators with resources and expertise and shape collaboration opportunities that will accelerate progress through the research-to-commercialization pipeline. While H.A.R.V.E.S.T. is an international endeavor, its partnership with HudsonAlpha is expected to have a significant impact on agtech innovation and economic growth in the Wiregrass Region and throughout the state, serving as a catalyst for Alabama agtech companies to reach beyond the Wiregrass to the world with innovations to improve the daily lives of people around the globe.
“Together with The Yield Lab Institute and our partners, HudsonAlpha is proud to support agtech founders – uniting our strengths in research, education and economic development in Huntsville with our growing Wiregrass innovation hub to deliver impact from Alabama to the world,” said Dillon Fritz, Vice President of Economic Development and Commercialization.
IN2 is funded by Wells Fargo and co-administered by NREL, a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory. More information about the H.A.R.V.E.S.T. agtech program will be shared in the coming weeks online at harvestagtech.org.
About HudsonAlpha:
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is a nonprofit institute dedicated to developing and applying scientific advances to health, agriculture, learning, and commercialization. Opened in 2008, HudsonAlpha’s vision is to leverage the synergy between discovery, education, medicine, and economic development in genomic sciences to improve the human condition around the globe. The HudsonAlpha biotechnology campus consists of 152 acres nestled within Cummings Research Park, the nation’s second-largest research park. The state-of-the-art facilities co-locate nonprofit scientific researchers with entrepreneurs and educators. HudsonAlpha has become a national and international leader in genetics and genomics research and biotech education and fosters more than 45 diverse biotech companies on campus. To learn more about HudsonAlpha, visit hudsonalpha.org.
About HudsonAlpha Wiregrass:
HudsonAlpha Wiregrass is a public-private collaboration between HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the City of Dothan to expand HudsonAlpha’s mission of developing and applying scientific advances to health, agriculture, learning and commercialization into the Wiregrass region.
