Source: SANDHILL SENTINEL, 6/9/22

The Plant Pathways Company, a plant breeding company specializing in improving crops, with a focus on food and medicinal plants, announced today the opening of research and development facility in Sanford. This project, a partnership between Plant Pathways, North Carolina State University (NCSU), and other private industry leaders, will conduct innovative research with the goal of replacing sugar with stevia, a natural sweetener and sugar substitute, in soft drinks. The research and development facilities, located at 1042 Dalrymple Farm Road in Sanford, currently grows stevia in roughly...

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