
RIPE Crop Transformation Facility
1907 S. Fourth St. Champaign, IL
The Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project’s Crop Transformation Facility (CTF) was built in 2020 and consists of commercial office and lab space for researchers and crop technicians.
RIPE is a research project for sustainable increases in crop yield, led by Illinois researchers Steve Long and Don Ort. RIPE is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, and the UK Government’s Department for International Development.
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