Advancing world's largest VF research center development

Today, Plenty Unlimited Inc. announced significant updates supporting the development of its new R&D facility, which will be the largest and most technologically advanced indoor vertical farming research center in the world. Following the announcement of the project earlier this year, made possible by Wyoming's largest economic development grant ever given, the project steering committee has achieved its first major milestone, selecting MOA Architecture as the architecture and engineering (A&E) firm. Plenty is also adding top talent to its Laramie leadership team – Sasha Preuss has joined the company as its Vice President of Plant Science. Building on decades of experience heading up biology and biotech programs and labs for some of the world's largest agriculture companies, including Bayer and Monsanto, Sasha is now leading Plenty's team of more than 75 scientists in scaling up the company's R&D work.

"What drew me to Plenty was not just the company's leading technology and runway for innovation and scale, but the genuine passion of everyone on the team to find actionable solutions for one of today's most important, global issues: feeding people," said Sasha Preuss, Plenty Vice President of Plant Science. "I'm excited to join Plenty to move more crops from conceptualization to production in our farms, and I'm fortunate to be working with a diverse team of talent as we leverae science and technology to secure the future of food."

Growing more crops indoors is essential to make indoor agriculture a meaningful part of the global food supply, increase food security and improve supply chain resiliency. The Laramie research center will significantly expand Plenty's new crop research, which has grown more than 50 different crops in Plenty's 3-D vertical growing system. The new facility will also support the ongoing development and new releases of core Plenty technology – including Plenty's custom LED lights, which play a pivotal role in increasing yield. The addition of the new facility will also enable Plenty to scale its leading teams of scientists and engineers, and to deepen its long-standing relationship with the University of Wyoming through additional partnerships and recruitment opportunities.

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