A Birmingham-based Agribusiness Venture Selected for a Missouri-based Startup Competition.
A Birmingham-based agribusiness venture has been selected for a Missouri-based startup competition.
CHONEX, which has previously received an investment from Southern Research's Prosperity Fund, was selected by The Yield Lab to participate in the first-ever Manure Challenge.
The eight companies were among 63 applicants for Manure Challenge, a new startup competition focused on manure-management technologies and products. As part of the competition, cohort companies will receive mentorship, guidance, and networking opportunities aimed at commercializing their technology. The eight startups will compete for non-dilutive funding at a pitch contest in the first quarter of 2020.
CHONEX has been granted U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for a system it has developed to recycle poultry manure.
Meet the Latest Plug and Play Startups
Being part of Plug and Play will give CHONEX the opportunity to demonstrate StrongSoil’s viability to farmers who really need it and link us to a network of startups with whom we can partner to further validate its benefits. Plug and Play’s North Dakota AgTech Program focuses on multiple areas directly related to achieving the optimal growing conditions: Soil Sensing and Analysis, Field Monitoring, Precision Farming, Analytics and Sustainability. StrongSoil is a product designed to create optimal growing conditions. Farmers who are adopting technology to improve their productivity and performance are the same farmers who will be interested in our product and who will immediately benefit from it.
Manure Innovation Challenge Final Pitches at the Animal AgTech Innovation Summit in San Francisco
The Animal AgTech Innovation Summit will host the final of the Manure Innovation Challenge, organized by The Yield Lab Institute for early-stage companies to advance innovative manure-management technologies.
Eight start-ups from around the world have been announced as the finalists to compete in the Manure Innovation Challenge at a special pre-summit Breakfast Pitching session in San Francisco on 16 March. All summit delegates will be welcome to join.
Recycling Nutrients for More Sustainable Agriculture and Soil Health
When it comes to sustainability in agriculture, there’s more to chicken waste than you might think. Chonex, a nutrient recycling company focused on poultry manure, converts chicken manure into its product, StrongSoil, which helps restore soil health.
Scientists, Farmers, and Entrepreneurs Come Together to Help Farmers Build Sustainable Food Supply
A small group of scientists from diverse backgrounds has gathered together in the tiny rural community of Elsanor to work on a common goal.
“We’re taking something that God has given us and are using it to create better soil,” said Frankie Darsey, facilities development manager for Chonex.
Ag Innovation Showcase 2019
Ag Innovation Showcase is an intimate venue for industry leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs to form relationships and engage in substantive discussions that will enable innovative solutions to come to market for consumer, social, commercial, and environmental benefit. Speakers, sponsors, early-stage companies, and other stakeholders in food and agriculture innovation network with each other to address today’s questions and develop tomorrow’s solutions for feeding the planet.
The common theme across the 10-year span of AIS since 2008 has been to explore global and national issues related to soil health, food production, food sustainability, food waste, and food security. AIS has been at the forefront of bringing thought leaders and influencers in the field of agriculture and related industries to initiate dialogue and drive collaborations domestically and internationally.
Startup CHONEX aims to turn chicken poop into profit, with help from Prosperity Fund
Using a proprietary process, CHONEX applies black soldier fly larvae to poultry manure. The voracious larvae convert the waste into three products: a certified organic protein feed, a fatty acid used in cosmetics, and a high-value organic fertilizer and soil enhancer.
With Prosperity Fund Help, Startup CHONEX Aims to Turn Waste Into Profit
Corey Tyree, Ph.D., Southern Research’s director of strategic growth initiatives and a co-founder of The Prosperity Fund, said CHONEX’s technology not only has commercial potential but also addresses several problems facing the agriculture industry today.
For one thing, the industry needs sustainable and more efficient methods to produce protein since most soybeans, one-third of all grains, and a large portion of caught wild seafood go to make animal feed. At the same time, egg producers need new sources of organic protein.
CHONEX Wins Alabama Launchpad $85k Prize
CHONEX wins $85,000 prize from Alabama Launchpad.
Started in 2006, Alabama Launchpad is a program of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA). It is the state’s most active early-stage seed fund investor, driving innovation and job growth through startup competitions and ongoing mentoring for Alabama entrepreneurs.
For 30 years, the EDPA has been a catalyst for economic growth in the state, contributing to Alabama’s greatest economic development successes. A totally private, nonprofit organization, EDPA is uniquely positioned to partner with state, local, and private entities involved in Alabama’s economic development efforts.