Strella Biotechnology co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Jay Jordan (left) and co-founder and CEO Katherine Sizov. (Strella Photo) Katherine Sizov is eavesdropping on kiwis, pears, apples and bananas as they talk to each other, and through their conversations she can tell you if they’re ripe and if they’re getting close to rotting. Sizov is CEO…
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Koidra’s Chief Business Officer Soojung Smith (left) and Kenneth Tran, founder, CEO and chief technology officer, outside of their Seattle WeWork office. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) It’s pretty impressive to grow award-winning lettuce in a greenhouse competition against 42 teams from nearly two dozens countries. It’s even more remarkable when you do it from…
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The Koidra team in Vietnam, where its second office is located. (Koidra Photo) The news: Seattle-based indoor agriculture startup Koidra will share a $3.77 million research grant with Ohio State University, Rutgers University, Cornell University and the University of Arizona. The four-year grant was awarded to Ohio State University by the U.S. Department of Agriculture,…