Partnership to tackle nutrition security with CEA production

Added on 17 April 2023

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Partnership to tackle nutrition security with CEA production

SVG Ventures|THRIVE, a leading agri-food innovation platform, is partnering with Intel Corporation and Texas A&M AgriLife to launch a new collaboration. The three organizations will join forces in creating an ecosystem and laying the groundwork to address food and nutrition security by accelerating controlled environment agriculture (CEA) innovations.

In recent years, food security concerns have been exacerbated worldwide, driven by macro trends such as the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical conflicts, and climate change, as well as local factors such as labor dynamics and regional weather events. In Texas, food security challenges in urban food deserts have been amplified by recent and unprecedented storms in the region.

This collaboration was developed when the organizations identified a unique opportunity to create significant value by applying technology, innovation, and leveraging the Intel, Texas A&M AgriLife, and THRIVE ecosystems to improve nutrition security in Texas with CEA solutions.

In this collaboration, Intel will leverage its extensive resource base to help advance CEA technologies. Texas A&M AgriLife — encompassing a college and four state agencies focused on agriculture and life sciences within The Texas A&M University System — is uniquely positioned to bring value to the collaboration, aiming to improve lives, environments, and the local economy through education and research. Fueled by THRIVE’s startup, scaleup, and corporate partner ecosystem and award-winning innovation programming, Intel’s resources and solution development capabilities, and Texas A&M’s expertise and infrastructure, the collaboration creates a platform for advancing nutrition security in the Texas ecosystem and beyond.