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Bold Growth is a product of MBOLD, a coalition of leading food and ag companies working together to accelerate solutions to challenges facing food and ag in Minnesota and beyond.

Beyond Sweet: Sugar Beets Offer Alternative to Plastic

In this episode of the podcast, CelluComp North America President Chris Plotz discusses how value-added ag innovations are helping to remove single-use plastic from waste streams, and the opening of its first facilty in the U.S.

Lolly Occhino Retires from AURI

We wish Lolly Occhino, Senior Food Scientist, a happy retirement! In her 9 years at AURI, Lolly provided strategic leadership and direct assistance to food clients in many areas.

 

Thank you, Lolly!

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Groundbreaking for new State-of-the-Art Meat Processing Facility


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The newspaper is designed to make research and technical information easy to read and enjoyable for the average user. From an initial subscription list of 4,000, it has grown to reach more than 12,000 print and online readers every quarter, covering AURI’s work in the development of new food products, renewable energy, biobased products and new uses for agricultural coproducts.
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