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“Because of climate change and our growing global population, we need to have radical solutions as fast as possible. With AI-powered Predictive Design and Multiplex Gene Editing, this can be done.”   That’s Emily Negrin, our VP of Corporate Affairs, speaking today at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. She joined Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Ambassador Michele Sison and industry experts to discuss how Inari and others in the private sector are working to combat the growing threat to food security driven by climate change.   With the ability to design seeds that meet the world’s needs, Inari is uniquely positioned to help ensure food security for a rapidly growing global population, while better caring for our planet and improving farmer well-being through economically sustainable solutions. Thank you to Ambassadors Thomas-Greenfield and Sison for welcoming us to today’s enlightening conversation.

“I don't believe you can lead people if you don’t know yourself well,” our Chief Scientific Officer Catherine Feuillet shares on the illuminata | podcast. Listen to the episode for a fascinating look at Catherine's multi-decade career, what guides her approach to leadership, her journey to Inari, and more. Prepare to feel inspired! 💡

Our work with InterGrain to bring step-change yield increases to wheat is taking another big step forward, as Reuters’ Peter Hobson reports from Australia.    “We want to solve food security, climate change and farm profitability at the same time,” said our CEO Ponsi Trivisvavet.    Read the full article to learn more about the status of our collaboration and the exciting potential. https://lnkd.in/eSYUKbAF.

“Instead of carrying out a single gene edit at a time, multiplex gene editing allows multiple genes to be targeted all at once. This may be beneficial given the increasingly complex interrelations of climate threats, where a crop can be under multiple types of stress at the same time,” writes Christine Ro for BBC News. Read her full article for a fascinating look at the broad-ranging work being done to "disaster-proof" crops, including our efforts at Inari to help support a more sustainable global food system.

Today’s agriculture leaders see the benefits and opportunities of new breeding techniques like gene editing.      In our new Q&A blog post, we sat down with Jim Schweigert, Gro Alliance President and past American Seed Trade Association board chair, to get his perspective.     “The whole industry recognizes that gene editing is a pathway to better breeding, better options and better choices for farmers and seed companies,” Jim shared. “It is a key for the future.”    Read the full conversation here:  https://lnkd.in/euhyGd2A

Calling those in the Cambridge/Boston area!📍 On Monday, May 6, Inari's Karl Kremling (Director, Computational Biology) joins a panel discussion, "Seed to Scale: Navigating Growth in the Bioeconomy" at this year's MIT Water, Food, & Agriculture Innovation Prize. It's a conversation you won't want to miss.

This morning, our VP of Corporate Affairs Emily Negrin spoke on Capitol Hill alongside other industry leaders about the potential of gene editing to transform the food system and drive the next agriculture revolution. Thank you National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research for hosting this important discussion.  

This #EarthDay, our head of sustainability Jamie Saxon found herself reflecting on events 80 years ago and the then seemingly insurmountable challenges of struggling wheat farmers in Mexico.    In 1944, the country’s wheat supply was unable to support half its population. Just 12 years later, Mexico was fully self-sufficient with its wheat production. The difference-maker: incredible agricultural innovations.    As Jamie writes, “it’s a good analogy for where I believe our world is in the fight against climate change: at times exasperated and overwhelmed, but also on the verge of significant progress. Another similarity: Agricultural innovation will again be critical to the solution.”    Click through to read all of Jamie’s Earth Day 🌎 message:  https://lnkd.in/ecThFE3f

While at AgriFutures evokeAG 2024 in Perth, Australia, our CEO Ponsi Trivisvavet and Tress Walmsley, CEO of our wheat project collaborator InterGrain, teamed up for a broad-ranging discussion on the benefits of gene editing in agriculture. 🔬 Listen to the newly-published podcast here 🔬  https://lnkd.in/eVEr3reD