3. Saving Rainforests By Brewing Fats And Oils

Instead of making palm oil the extractive way of chopping down rainforests and creating monoculture forests of palm trees, Shara and the team at C16 Biosciences created a novel way to create palm oil and other fats and oils from unique yeast strains. Learn about why and how they created this platform in this episode.  Grow Everything brings to life the bioeconomy when hosts Karl Schmieder and Erum Azeez Khan share stories from the field and interview leaders and influencers in the space.  Life is a powerful force and it can be engineered. What are we creating? Learn more at www.messaginglab.com/groweverything Topics: synthetic biology, entrepreneurship, policy, community, education, biotech, life sciences, bioeconomy, biomanufacturing Episode Links: Shara Ticku LinkedIn https://www.c16bio.com/ Call or Text the Grow Everything Hotline:  +1 804-505-5553 Have a question or comment? Message us here: Instagram / TikTok / Twitter / LinkedIn / Youtube / GrowEverything website Email: [email protected] Topics: synthetic biology, entrepreneurship, policy, community, education, biotech, life sciences, bioeconomy, biomanufacturing, Biotechnology, synthetic biology, the biotech century, world economic forum Music by: Nihilore Production by: Amplafy Media