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🌾 Food is life. Food is a right. Millions of farmers in Africa face challenges threatening their livelihoods & families’ futures. 🎥 Watch the video: At the Danforth Center, we’re partnering with smallholder farmers for food security & self-reliance. campaign.danforthcenter.org

It’s #NationalPrairieDay! In today’s blog, Sherin Thomas, PhD, a scientist new to the Danforth Center, reflects on our tallgrass prairie and how its beauty, biodiversity, and significance inspired her from her very first visit. loom.ly/mOzh13s

💐Stop and smell the science! Our #BioanalyticalChemistryFacility is featured in the new Smelling the Bouquet: Plants and Scents in the Garden exhibition at Sachs Museum at Missouri Botanical Garden. Follow your nose to MO Botanical Garden to discover how plants’ scents influence insects, ecosystems, & people!

Calling all K–12 #educators & #STEM leaders! Join us Aug 7 for the STEM Leaders Exchange, a lunch & listening session to help shape future STEM programs. 12–2:30 p.m. at Missouri Botanical Garden. Help us turn your insight into impact! Sign up: loom.ly/xdEbuks

🚀 Africa’s growth = St. Louis’s opportunity. The Danforth Center is helping farmers feed a continent—& open doors for local biz. This new St. Louis Business Journal piece explains why it matters, and why we’re going #FutureForward. 📖 loom.ly/ZB0Kkjc 🌱 loom.ly/drMoZRs

Happy #PollinatorWeek! 🐝 Each year, scientists scout our prairie to track which pollinators are visiting and which plants are attracting them. This blog dives into what they found and highlights pollinator favorites you could plant: loom.ly/ZfTNki0

The Danforth Center proudly commemorates #Juneteenth, a day that marks the historic moment of emancipation for enslaved African Americans in the U.S. Today reminds us of our nation's journey toward freedom and equality and the continuous efforts needed to uphold these values.

Cowpea feeds 200M+ in Africa—but pests eat the profits. 🌱 In 🇳🇬 2021 & 🇬🇭 2024, improved cowpea changed that. 🚫 Now we’re working on a version resistant to post-harvest weevils. Feed people. Protect crops. Go #FutureForward. 🔗 loom.ly/drMoZRs loom.ly/NHrnRW0

🏆 Five years running! We are proud to be named a St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace again! To everyone who makes the Danforth Center a top workplace: Thank you. We’re building a brighter future together. That’s what #FutureForward is all about. 🌱

Congratulations Mark Perkins, new CEO of Great Rivers Greenway! We appreciate your many years of support, collaboration & commitment to the Danforth Center and 39 North & look forward to continuing our work with you on the expansion of the Greenway. loom.ly/BrEf7MU

📘 Our 2024 Annual Report is here! Rooted in Impact—see how plant science and your support are driving global change. 🌱 Food. 🌍 Sustainability. 💡 Innovation. Read it here 👉 loom.ly/-kZZR3k

Meet our CSTM Member of the Month! 🎉Rijan has been at the Danforth Center for 2 years. He currently works in the Baxter Lab, where he focuses on bioinformatics analysis. He is known for his skill in data abstraction. Congrats, Rijan!

It’s back! Our annual night of fun and fundraising, Party with the Plants, is taking place on Friday, September 26. 🌺 And discounted tickets are on sale now! Sea you there! bit.ly/4kXoRSn #STLEvents #PartyWithThePlants

Teff feeds 80+M people in Ethiopia—but low yields hold it back. Danforth Center scientists are training Ethiopian partners in genome editing to improve teff & build biotech capacity. This is the kind of impact we aim to grow thru #FutureForward. 📖 loom.ly/Vrs7U9s

Each summer, the Danforth Center holds Threads of Culture, a weeklong celebration of the many cultures represented here. This year’s festivities included food, dance, discussion, language immersions, artworks, and more!

The Danforth Center is gaining two outstanding scientists whose unique expertise will support our mission: Justin Conover, PhD, & Erin Sparks, PhD, who is a joint hire with Mizzou, are joining our faculty. Read more in the full release: loom.ly/QuMW7XE

Congratulations to Danforth Center Associate Member Tessa Burch-Smith! 🎉 She will become President of American Society of Plant Biologists in October of this year.

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