RIPE field trials at the IGB BioEnergy Farm

Art: Rob Davis.

Words: Michael Vance and R. A. Jones.

RIPE field trials at the IGB BioEnergy Farm

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RIPE field trials at the IGB BioEnergy Farm

Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) is engineering plants to more efficiently turn the sun’s energy into food to sustainably increase worldwide food productivity. The international research project is funded by a $25 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Image Credit: Claire Benjamin/RIPE

Greenpeace activists climb onto the roof of the Agriculture and Agri-food Canada (AAFC) Research Farm in Morden, Manitoba and unfurl a 120 sq. meter banner reading ' STOP GE WHEAT'. (Winnipeg, Canada )

Postdoctoral Researcher Paul South measures how well these tobacco plants are photosynthesizing.

Photo credit: Claire Benjamin/University of Illinois