According to BiomEdit’s website, the company says there are ‘an innovation company that discovers, designs, and develops novel probiotics, microbiome derived bioactives, and engineered microbial medicines to address unmet needs in animal health.’ Through analyzing and isolating animal’s microbiome, the company can create a range of probiotics, bioactives, and engineered microbial medicines.
The Hoosier-based company has partnered with Gates to create solutions that ‘reduce methane emissions for beef and dairy cattle and enhance feed efficiency,’ mainly targeting South Asian and African regions, according to AgFunder News.
One of the features of the Gates Foundation support is to target and generate application of our technology in the small-scale producer and pastoral community settings that are found in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
The approach we are taking should have application in both large livestock production systems and small-scale production scenarios.
By targeting specific microorganisms responsible for methane emissions, the solutions will be able to reduce them. The spare energy that would normally go towards creating methane emissions will be redirected towards feed efficiency.
If a product were introduced that only reduces methane emission — as opposed to something that simultaneously reduces methane while increasing feed efficiency — then the livestock producer must pay for the methane emission reduction, which reduces the economic benefit.
If however, you provide a product that simultaneously reduces methane emissions and increases feed efficiency, then the livestock producer directly realizes the benefits and gains further potential value if the methane emission reduction can be monetized as an inset or an offset.
BiomEdit is targeting biological solutions that target reshaping of the rumen microbiome to be a low methane-producing system, as well as engineering microorganisms that express biomolecules that inhibit methanogens.
We believe the best solutions will require this multi-pronged approach, and that by introducing a biological solution we avoid challenges like residues or environmental accumulation.
BiomEdit CEO Aaron Schacht told AgFunder News
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
Pastured-raised cattle and livestock, not being fed antibiotics and plugged with vaccines, nor fed non-GMO grain feed in a feedlot, measurable methane and carbon emissions go down. That being said, to claim that cow farts are actually contributing to “climate change” is just pseudo-science and old wives fables. This is all about reducing meat and dairy consumption by whatever means necessary.
[1] Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; [2] Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; [3] Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 1 Timothy 4:1-3
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Boy, he just wants to get rid of everything don’t he.
Yep, can’t wait to hear his plan for all of the animals of the Serengeti….
Too bad he couldn’t come up with a formula to get rid of the real plague…politicians, mad scientists and the top 1%. Oh wait! I forgot…they already have an appointed time! My bad!