I-Cultiva LLC (cultiva.com), umhlinzeki wama-biofilm ezinga lokudla asetshenziswa ezimakethe zezolimo, umemezela ukuqashwa komholi kanye nomeluleki wokuqala webhizinisi lezolimo, u-Mark Zettler kuBhodi Labaqondisi benkampani.
UZettler njengamanje ungumongameli we-AgroAdvisors International, LLC futhi ungumxhumanisi oyinhloko we-NGT BioPharma Consultants. Wakha isizinda esiqinile kwezolimo, ukulima kanye nobuchwepheshe obuhlobene phakathi neminyaka yakhe engu-22 ne-Dow AgroSciences kanye ne-AgroFresh, muva nje esebenza njengephini likamongameli we-Research and Development (R&D), kanye ne-Innovation e-AgroFresh.
"Isipiliyoni sikaMark sizoba isengezo esihle kakhulu ebhodini lethu," kusho isikhulu seCultiva uLuis Hernandez. “Siyinhlangano esencane enamandla amakhulu. Isizinda sakhe kanye nombono wakhe ngokuqala okukhula ngokushesha kuzosisiza ukuthi sibeke uhlaka endaweni ukuze silinganisele isidingo nokuhlelela ikusasa.” UZettler ujoyina amanye amalungu ebhodi angaphandle e-Cultiva, okuhlanganisa no-John Salmonson, owayengumongameli eMonterey AgResources, kanye no-Greg Hulecki ozakwethu webhizinisi e-Advantage Capital.
Phakathi neminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30 esebenza ocwaningweni nasekuthuthukisweni nasekuthuthukisweni kwebhizinisi elisha e-Dow Chemical, Dow AgroSciences kanye ne-AgroFresh Solutions, uDkt. Zettler uye wahola ekutholakaleni, ekuthuthukisweni nasekwethulweni kwemikhiqizo emisha kuwo wonke umhlaba ngaphambi kokuvuna nangemva kokuvuna. imikhakha yezokudla nezolimo, okuhlanganisa izitshalo ze-agronomic kanye ne-horticultural, kanye nokuhlinzeka ngamakhasimende anhlobonhlobo, kusukela kumlimi kuya kumthengisi.
“Ngikubheke ngabomvu ukusebenza noCultiva nokwabelana ngolwazi lwami kwisayensi ye-ag,” kusho uZettler. “Intuthuko emisha kwezolimo iwumkhakha othokozisayo. I-Cultiva inekusasa eliqhakazile ekuthuthukisweni komkhiqizo futhi ngijabule ngokuba yingxenye yaleyo nqubo.”
U-Zettler usebenza ezinhlanganweni eziningi zezimboni futhi uneziqu ze-BA kukhemistri azithola e-Wittenberg University kanye ne-Ph.D. ku-organic chemistry evela eCase Western Reserve University.