SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES FOR COMBATTING CROP PESTS A startup uses non-toxic emulsions to enhance plant growth by controlling fungi and bacteria Spotted: Each year, 3 million farmworkers experience extreme pesticide poisoning, and 600 million people get sick from eating foods contaminated with agrochemicals. This is a particularly pertinent problem

MassChallenge Switzerland, part of MassChallenge’s global network for innovators and zero-equity startup accelerators, just awarded CHF 500,000 in equity-free cash prizes and in-kind awards to the top 12 startups and to an additional 6 runner-up Swiss startups of its 2021 early-stage accelerator program. SmartHelio is this year’s