thewinepress.substack.com “A methane vaccine for ruminant animals is internationally recognised as the ‘holy grail’ to deliver methane reduction at low cost and mass scale,” said one of the investors.
Recently it was revealed that multibillionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has invested $26.5 million into a biotech startup that is making vaccines to get cows to stop farting, something activists and world leaders have repeatedly blamed as a major contributor to climate change and excess methane emissions.
Announced last month, the company called ArkeaBio was gifted $26.5 million from venture capital that was founded by Bill Gates. The company said in a press release: “The raise was led by current investor Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), and attracted additional investors, including The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, AgriZeroNZ, Rabo Ventures, Overview Capital, and The51 Food & AgTech Fund.”
The company describes itself on its website as “an ag-biotech start-up developing a safe, user-friendly, and cost-conscious vaccine to reduce ruminant methane emissions that will work seamlessly with existing global agribusiness practices.”
“Our vaccination-based approach allows for much-needed decarbonization of global meat and dairy products across multiple geographies, supporting greater sustainability in agriculture,” the firm boasts. “Vaccines can be quickly deployed worldwide at scale, providing ArkeaBio with an unmatched opportunity to make near-term global climate impact.”
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