BERKELEY, Calif., March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — “Imagine filling up your car’s gas tank, but instead of the fuel staying put, it leaks out before you even start the engine. And by the time you get to your destination, 40% of it is gone. You’d be furious, right? Well, that’s what farmers are going through every year. They’re paying for fuel — nitrogen — that’s literally evaporating or washing away with the rain.” That’s how Dr. Karsten Temme, co-founder and chief innovation officer of Pivot Bio, began the inspiring talk he delivered at the Planet Action Summit hosted by TEDxBoston last fall. In his presentation, available here, Dr. Temme outlined how biology can be harnessed to sustainably feed a growing population.
The future of agriculture isn’t about choosing between productivity and sustainability. It’s about reawakening the incredible potential that’s been lying dormant in our soils for decades to deliver both. Karsten Temme, co-founder and chief innovation officer of Pivot Bio, one of the world’s leading agtech companies, delivers a powerful talk at TEDx Boston.
Pivot Bio, one of the world’s leading innovative agtech companies, partners with farmers to enhance crop nutrition with nitrogen-fixing microbes that provide greater productivity, profitability, and sustainability. Since commercialization five years ago, the company’s products have been used on over 13 million acres in the United States.
“Like the transformation brought on by the first Green Revolution, this step-change in our understanding of biology, will bring a future where farmers get both better-performing and more-sustainable inputs and get them at a price point that will continue to fall,” said Dr. Temme. “The future of agriculture isn’t about choosing between productivity and sustainability. It’s about finding solutions that deliver both.”
Pivot Bio continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in crop nutrition. “Chemistry spawned the last agricultural revolution, and biology is starting the next one. And now, it can be delivered to you by FedEx,” concluded Dr. Temme. The full TED Talk is available here.
About Pivot Bio
Pivot Bio, one of the world’s leading agtech companies, delivers patented crop nutrition technologies that harness the power of nature to help farmers reliably and productively grow the food the world needs in the face of increasing volatility.
Currently available in North America and soon in Brazil, the company’s products are a breakthrough innovation and one of the agriculture industry’s most promising solutions. Pivot Bio has been recognized three times by Time magazine on its annual list of best inventions, by Fast Company on its World Changing Ideas and World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies lists, by CNBC on its Disruptor 50 list of private companies, by Fortune on its Impact 20 list and by MIT Tech Review as one of 15 climate tech companies to watch. For more information, visit PivotBio.com.
SOURCE Pivot Bio, Inc
