Indy Star: Bell Aquaculture Included Among Indiana's Major Players In Food and Agriculture Industry

Quoting from the August 2 article 'Working together could help Indiana agriculture' by Jeff Swiatek:

"Here's a look at major players in Indiana's diverse food and agriculture industry:

Purdue University (West Lafayette): Has ag school and research parks.

Dow AgroSciences (Indianapolis): Global seller of herbicides, pesticides and crop seeds.

Elanco (Greenfield): Eli Lilly and Co.'s animal health arm.

AgReliant Genetics (Westfield): Fourth-largest field seeds company in U.S.

Beck's (Atlanta): Sixth-largest seed company in U.S.

Bell Aquaculture (Albany): Nation's largest yellow perch aquaculture facility.

Farbest Foods (Huntingburg): One of the largest turkey processors in U.S.

JBS United (Sheridan): One of the nation's largest animal nutrition companies.

Maple Leaf Farms (Milford): Top duck producer in North America.

Nestle (Anderson): World's largest production plant for ready-to-drink beverages.

Red Gold (Orestes): Family-owned tomato canner and food company.

Remington Seeds (Remington): Largest corn and soybean seed contract production, packaging and distribution company in U.S.

Rose Acre Farms (Seymour): Second-largest egg producer in U.S.

Weaver Popcorn (Noblesville): A leading grower and seller of popcorn.

Whiteshire Hamroc (Albion): swine genetics company for Yorkshire, Landrace and Duroc breeds."

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Bell Aquaculture Exhibits Fish Rich™ 2-2-2 Organic & Fish Rich+ 6-3-3 Fertilizers at 2012 Natural Products Expo East Booth #8422

Bell Aquaculture, the nation's largest yellow perch (Perca flavescens) farm and pioneer in sustainable fish farming operations, is exhibiting its recently released OMRI-Listed 'Fish Rich Organic 2-2-2 Fertilizer' and 'Fish Rich+ 6-3-3 Fertilizer' products at the 2012 Natural Products Expo East in Baltimore, September 20-22, Booth #8422. The announcement is made by Norman McCowan, president of Bell Aquaculture, who says, "Fish have been used as soil fertilizer since the Native Americans first began farming our nearby land centuries ago. Our natural plant fertilizers, marketed as the Fish Rich brand, are made from the remains of the Bell Perch processed at our aquaculture facility in Indiana."

Fish Rich 2-2-2 (Organic) - Fish Rich is OMRI Listed and is allowed for use in organic crop production under the USDA National Organic Program rules. It is completely garden and human safe.

Fish Rich+ 6-3-3 - Fish Rich+ is a natural based fertilizer, just “plussed up” with some nitrogen and potassium. This formula will offer your plants faster greening, swifter root establishment and more brilliant, longer lasting blooms.

Both products, launched in May at the National Hardware Show, are available for purchase online at the company website: http://www.bellaquaculture.com

Link to the PitchEngine Social Media Release

Please Vote for Cat Care Society: if you're on Facebook or bank at Chase!

Chase Community Giving, an entity of Chase Bank, is offering $5 million in grants to non-profit organizations. 30,000 charities are registered, but only the top 196 vote getters will receive a portion of the $5 million.

Please help CCS become one of the top charities! Vote by Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012. Here's how you vote:

1. Facebook: everyone gets two votes on Facebook to use for 2 different charities, plus an extra vote to use for any charity. Link to vote: http://www.facebook.com/ChaseCommunityGiving/app_162065369655?cv=2&app_data=ein|84-0869447|ref|745dfb6d86

2. Get an extra Facebook vote: Share a link from the Chase Community Giving application to your timeline. If one of your friends links back to the app and casts a vote, you earn another extra vote.

Are you a Chase customer? You get two extra votes.

To use your customer appreciation votes, login to www.Chase.com/ChaseGiving, search the charities, and cast your votes. Thank you for your help!

Link to the Cat Care Society website

Link to donate to Cat Care Society

Check out the :30 PSA:


http://youtu.be/9Hcm0q_Z2sM

VetDC's winning Venture Showcase presentation at BioWest 2012: Check out the Video

VetDC (Fort Collins) won the 2012 Venture Showcase competition at the 2012 BioWest Conference and Expo at the Marriott City Center Denver, receiving the 7,500 cash prize.

View the YouTube of VetDC Pres/CEO Steven Roy's winning presentation:


http://youtu.be/GvZcy0renEA

VetDC is an emergent veterinary biotechnology company that licenses innovative human biomedical technologies to address serious medical needs in companion animals. By aligning with CSU's top-ranked veterinary school, VetDC has unique capabilities to develop animal therapies, resulting in speed to market, risk reduction, and capital preservation. VetDC has assembled a proven team with regulatory, CMC, and clinical expertise. VetDC's lead candidate, VDC-1101, is an anti-cancer drug with extensive animal data. VDC-1101 is expected to launch in 2014 with $50M peak revenue potential. In 2011, VetDC secured funding from the Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4). VetDC President/CEO Steven Roy made the presentation at the Venture Showcase. For more information, visit: http://www.vet-dc.com.

'The Venture showcase announcement is the capstone to the BioWest Conference,' Giles explains. 'It creates a huge buzz in the industry for the up-and-coming companies chosen to compete. We are very proud to announce VetDC as this year's winner.'"

Link to the Business Wire release

Link to the PitchEngine Social Media Release

NCBR: 'VetDC wins big at BioWest'

Quoting from the Northern Colorado Business Report:

"VetDC, a CSU spinoff, has won first prize in the Colorado Bioscience Association's BioWest Venture Showcase.

The company works with pet owners and veterinarians at the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Animal Cancer Center to develop promising new veterinary therapies adopted from medicines that originally were developed for humans.

VetDC competed against four companies in Denver on Tuesday that pitched their echnologies and business plans to a panel of bioscience experts and venture capitalists in the BioWest Venture Showcase. Also competing Tuesday was KromaTID, another spinoff from CSU.

VetDC took home the first prize and $7,500 in cash from the competition."

Link to the NCBR

Coloradoan: 'Fort Collins biotechnology company awarded for work helping pets with cancer'

Quoting from the Fort Collins Coloradoan:

"Fort Collins-based VetDC, Inc. beat out five other companies Tuesday to win the BioWest Conference Venture Showcase in Denver.

VetDC, Inc. was among six start-up finalists that pitched their technologies and business plans in front of a live audience to a panel of bioscience experts and venture capitalists. The company received a $7,500 cash prize for winning the competition."

Link to the Coloradoan

9News: 'Fort Collins co. making strides in doggie cancer''

Colorado BioScience Association EVP April Giles interviewed on 9News with Gregg Moss September 12th about the 2012 Venture Showcase competition and the bioscience industry in Colorado. Quoting from the posting:

"Companies in Colorado are doing some amazing, life-changing things in the world of Biotechnology.

Biotechnology companies were in the spotlight this week. On Tuesday, the winner of the 2012 Venture Showcase was announced.

'The showcase is an opportunity for some of emerging companies in Colorado to create more awareness about what they're doing and get in front of a panel of investors and pitch their story,' April Giles with the Colorado BioScience Association said.

The top spot went to a Fort Collins company, VetDC Inc. VetDC Inc. is a veterinary biotechnology company that licenses innovative human biomedical technologies to address serious unmet medical needs in pets."



Link to the posting

Coloradoan: 'Fort Collins tech companies represented at BioWest'

Quoting from the September 11th posting by David Young:

"More than 500 leaders in the industries of government, executives, research, investors and entrepreneurs converged Tuesday in Denver for the ninth annual BioWest Conference.

The conference, at the Marriott City Center, includes more than 40 exhibitors showcasing new technologies and products at what is deemed the Rocky Mountain Region’s premier medical device and biotechnology conference organized by the Colorado Bioscience Association.

Highlighted in this year’s Venture Showcase competition are two Fort Collins companies: KromaTiD and VetDC Inc."

Link to the Coloradoan

VetDC Wins Venture Showcase Competition at BioWest 2012

 VetDC (Fort Collins) won the 2012 Venture Showcase competition at the 2012 BioWest Conference and Expo yesterday at the Marriott City Center Denver, receiving the $7,500 cash prize. The announcement is made by April Giles, Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) Executive Vice President who says this year's Venture Showcase was made possible by sponsors Dorsey and Whitney LLP, EKS and H and The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation. BioWest, the Rocky Mountain Region's premier medical device and biotechnology conference, is organized by the CBSA and held every other year.

 

VetDC is an emergent veterinary biotechnology company that licenses innovative human biomedical technologies to address serious medical needs in companion animals. By aligning with CSU's top-ranked veterinary school, VetDC has unique capabilities to develop animal therapies, resulting in speed to market, risk reduction, and capital preservation. VetDC has assembled a proven team with regulatory, CMC, and clinical expertise. VetDC's lead candidate, VDC-1101, is an anti-cancer drug with extensive animal data. VDC-1101 is expected to launch in 2014 with $50M peak revenue potential. In 2011, VetDC secured funding from the Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4). VetDC President/CEO Steven Roy made the presentation at the Venture Showcase. For more information, visit: http://www.vet-dc.com.

 

“The Venture showcase announcement is the capstone to the BioWest Conference," Giles explains."It creates a huge buzz in the industry for the up-and-coming companies chosen to compete. We are very proud to announce VetDC as this year's winner.”

 

The Venture Showcase format allowed each company’s lead executive to make a 15-minute presentation with slides explaining their technology and business plan to a panel of judges in front of a live audience. This year's judging panel included the following bioscience experts and venture capitalists:  

   

• Joe Adams, Partner, EKS&H

• Robert Chicoski, Partner, Saturn Partners

• Mike Handley, Senior Managing Partner and Executive Director, Level 5 Partners

• Ned Scheetz, Managing Director, Aphelion Capital

• Michael Weiner, Partner, Dorsey

 

Link to the Business Wire release

 

Link to the PitchEngine Social Media newswire

Colorado Matters: 'Colorado Biotech's Big Day'

Quoting from the Colorado Public Radio overview about the 2012 BioWest Conference and Expo's Venture Showcase competition:

"In a downtown Denver ballroom, the white coats meet the suits. Colorado’s top biotech scientists step out of their labs and run their big ideas by venture capitalists. The idea is to bring new products to market. It's the 'venture showcase' put on by the Colorado BioScience Association."

Link to CPR's Colorado Matters website

Link to the interview with Colorado BioScience Association EVP April Giles

Link to the BioWest webpage (registration is available at the Marriott City Center Denver tomorrow September 11, 2012)

Skippy's Vegetable Garden: 'fast growing greens'

Blogger Kathy Martin of 'Skippy's Vegetable Garden' posted about Bell Aquaculture's Fish Rich fertilizer on September 7th.

Quoting the posting:

"We've had perfect weather for the fall seedlings. It's amazing how fast they're growing. Next week I'll apply another dose of my new fish fertilizer to keep them growing. Since they sent the fertilizer to me free, I am doing a little advertising for them. You can order this fertilizer here: Fish Rich."

Link to Skippy's Vegetable Garden

2012 BioWest Conference & Expo Showcases 40+ New Technologies, Products and Services for the Region’s Robust Bioscience Industry

More than 40 exhibitors will be showcasing new technologies, products and services at the 2012 BioWest Conference and Expo -- the Rocky Mountain Region’s premier medical device and biotechnology conference -- organized by the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), September 11, at the Marriott City Center, Denver. The announcement is made by CBSA Executive Vice President April Giles, who says: “The companies participating in the exhibit area are each playing an important role in helping advance the bioscience industry within the region. We’re very pleased to welcome them to our ninth BioWest event and look forward to yet another exciting and successful conference.”

BioWest brings together more than 500 industry leaders, government representatives, executives, researchers, investors and entrepreneurs from throughout the region. This year's national speakers for BioWest include Ginger Graham of Harvard Business School and past president of Amylin Pharmaceuticals and Mike Huckman former CNBC biopharma and medical device industry reporter-turned-PR pro.

BioWest provides the region's bioscience community opportunities to network, learn from one another and collaborate to grow the industry. Exhibitors confirmed to date include:

ARAMARK Cleanroom Services http://www.aramark-cleanroom.com  
Biomedical Systems http://www.biomedsys.com
BiOptix http://www.bioptixinc.com
BSI Group America, Inc. http://www.bsiamerica.com
CARE Research LLC http://www.careresearchllc.com
CascadeTek http://www.cascadetek.com
CBIZ MHM http://www.cbiz.com/cbizmhm-colorado
Charles River http://www.criver.com
CSU Ventures http://www.csuventures.org
Fisher Scientific http://www.fishersci.com
Fitzsimons Life Science District http://www.fitzscience.com
Flanders Investment and Trade – Belgium http://www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com
Grafik9 http://www.grafik9.com
ISEC Incorporated http://www.isecinc.com
ITW Texwipe http://www.texwipe.com
The Jackson Laboratory http://www.jax.org
Just Animate Studio http://www.justanimatestudio.com
LABS Inc. http://www.labs-inc.org
Liquidyne http://www.liquidyneusa.com
Merck and Co., Inc. http://www.merck.com
Montana BioScience Alliance http://www.montanabio.org
National Jewish Health Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories http://www.njlabs.org
NextGen Pharma Technologies, Inc. http://www.nextgenpharma.com
PCM Trials http://www.pcmtrials.com
Phase Three Product Development http://www.linkedin.com/company/phase-three-product-development
Pozzetta Scientific http://www.pozzetta.com
Pre-Clinical Research Services http://www.preclinicalresearch.com
Reglera http://www.reglera.com
Ricerca Biosciences http://www.ricerca.com
Robin Bond Media http://www.robinbondmedia.com
Technical Safety Services, Inc. http://www.techsafety.com
Thermo Fisher http://www.thermofisher.com
Toxikon http://www.toxikon.com
Ubiquity Group http://www.ubiquitygroup.com
University of Colorado Tech Transfer Office http://www.cu.edu/techtransfer
World Courier, Inc. http://www.worldcourier.com

BioWest will also include the popular Venture Showcase competition, where five finalists come together and pitch their technologies and business plans in front of a live audience to a panel of bioscience experts and venture capitalists. The winner, announced at the end of the conference day, will receive a $7,500 cash prize. Finalists for the 2012 Venture Showcase competition are the following:

Flashback Technologies Inc. - Longmont, CO - http://www.flashbacktechnologies.com
KromaTiD - Fort Collins, CO - http://www.kromatid.com
Siva Therapeutics Inc. - Boulder, CO - http://www.sivatherapeutics.com
SuviCa Inc. - Boulder, CO - http://www.suvica.com
VetDC Inc. - Fort Collins, CO - http://www.vet-dc.com

Sponsors for the 2012 BioWest Conference and Expo include: Founders Session Sponsor, Colorado Science + Technology Park at Fitzsimons; Keynote Lunch Sponsor, Ernst and Young ; Venture Showcase Sponsors, Dorsey and Whitney LLP, EKS&H, Metro Denver EDC; Track Sponsors, NextGen, Clinipace, Lonza, Sheridan Ross PC, Emerson Consultants; Lanyard Sponsor, Cooley; Closing Reception Sponsor, Wells Fargo; Co-track Sponsors, Medical Center of the Rockies, National Jewish Health Advanced Diagnostic Laboratories, DaVita Clinical Research; Conference Bag, CPC Clinical Research; Break Sponsor, BIO; and, General Conference Sponsors, Amgen, Fisher Scientific, Inviragen, Johnson & Johnson, PhRMA and TerumoBCT.

Link to the Business Wire release

Link to the PitchEngine Social Media Release