Source: John Hart, SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 5/15/17


Thirty years ago, most of the major agricultural chemical companies looked at venom from insects and spiders and believed it would make great insecticides. But every venture failed.Today, a company called Vestaron is successfully making Spear, a biological insecticide from spider venom that is expected to go to market later this year. At the Ag Biotech Entrepreneurial Showcase, held at the historic Cotton Room in Durham, N.C. May 10, John Sorenson, Vestaron’s chief executive officer, told the story of how his company...

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