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NetZeroNitrogen wants bacteria to replace synthetic fertilizer on farm fields
NetZeroNitrogen's bacteria approach has attracted investors and $6.6 million in seed funding.
Fertilizer runoff from farm fields has led to dead zones in oceans around the world, where low oxygen levels have starved normally teeming coastal waters of life itself. The startup recently raised a $6.6 million seed round led by World Fund and Azolla Ventures, the company exclusively told TechCrunch. Because the company can use large fermenters to grow its strains, it can make its bacterial amendment for less than an equivalent amount of synthetic fertilizer, Hughes said.
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