Verdesian Targets New, Unused Tech: A plant health empire seeks to solve real issues for farmers

摘要

The bus rumbled and swayed as it climbed the northern New Mexico mesa, downshifting its will against gravity. At the crest stretches the city of Los Alamos and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, famous for its role in developing the world's greatestweapon—the nuclear bomb. It's here, among the secrets of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, that the newly minted Verdesian Life Sciences company is pinning its future.CEO J.J. Grow—with a name suited for his work—spent years bouncing around the ag industry. From sales with United Agri Products to creating a generic pesticide company, Grow, 46, has led agricultural pursuits from the inside out.