by Frank Vinluan, NCBiotech Writer April 13, 2021 .
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – Not all of the food waste happens at home. Grocery stores dispose of a lot of food, much of it destined for landfills. WISErg has developed technology that captures nutrients from food scraps and turns them into fertilizer. Now that technology belongs to Plant Response.
Plant Response
The Durham agricultural technologies company recently announced its acquisition of WISErg, a Redmond, Washington-based fertilizers startup. While the conventional menu of crop inputs focuses on nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium, WISErg aims to provide a “more balanced diet” through fertilizers made with a proprietary technology that captures all the nutrients from food waste. The company has commercialized two fertilizer products for conventional agriculture and one for organic farming.
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