PhytoSmart founder Deena Sisitsky has always been a firm believer in “We are what we eat” and recognizing that life expectancy in America is decreasing in the 21st century, she began a search to explain the decline of our public health by looking to history for the answer. Drawing on her pharma background, interest in… Read more »
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Celebrating Green Businesses – Happy Earth Day
It’s hard to believe with the recent snowfall and storms that Earth Day has arrived. Since 1970, Earth Day has marked a harbinger of change, inspiring first the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, then the Clean Air Act and, a few years later, the Clean Water Act. At MTI we have a long track… Read more »
SBIR News & Deadlines
The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs are the largest source of early-stage, high-risk technology financing in the United States. Eleven federal agencies participate in this program to provide over $4 billion for the early-stage research and development projects leading to commercialization of products, processes or services. The Small Business… Read more »
Ocean Farm Supply – Replacing Single Source Plastic Packaging for Farmed Shellfish Products
Ocean Farm Supply is a sustainable packaging company that develops and distributes 100% home compostable, biodegradable, and plastic free mesh packaging. Originally Ocean Farm Supply was founded as an oyster farm in 2017 by Eric Oransky, Willy Leathers, and Tom Klodenski. What started as an experimental lease is now a full lease covering 10 acres… Read more »