2026
- 3/30/2026 – Scaling precision fermentation: Why capital and collaboration remain the biggest hurdles
- 3/30/2026 – Fermentation growth collides with manufacturing shortage — iFAB aims to fix it
- 3/20/2026 – Michroma wins Kraft Heinz-backed iFAB challenge with fermentation-based natural dyes breakthrough
- 3/18/2026 –U. Of Illinois President Proposes 5 Ways To Restore Trust In Higher Ed
- 3/12/2026 – Budzinski and Manar spotlight Illinois’ biomanufacturing future
- 1/9/2026 – The alternative protein boom didn’t end. It just moved to Illinois.
2025
- 12/20/2025 – Roadmap unveiled to lead food, biomanufacturing
- 12/18/2025 – Illinois Ranks Third in US for Alternative Protein Companies, Report Finds
- 12/17/2025 – Illinois Charts Path to Boost Economy & Food Security with Sustainable Proteins
- 12/16/2025 – Illinois Roadmap Leads Future Food Innovation
- 12/16/2025 – Alternative-protein task force unveils findings, roadmap
- 12/15/2025 – Illinois unveils roadmap to lead the future of food and biomanufacturing
- 12/15/2025 – Illinois lays out bid to lead alternative proteins and biomanufacturing with landmark state roadmap
- 9/29/2025 – Bioeconomy U: How Illinois is leading the bio-revolution
- 9/26/2025 – Nicole Bateman on iFAB’s recent visit from NSCEB and Tammy Duckworth
- 9/17/2025 – From the Farm: Congressional biotech commissioner visits U of I
- 9/15/2025 – NSCEB Visits University of Illinois During National Roadshow
- 9/13/2025 – Sen. Duckworth tours UI biotech facility
- 9/12/2025 – National biotechnology leaders visit Urbana campus to spotlight innovation hub
- 9/12/2025 – Duckworth meets with biotech innovators to discuss bringing the U.S. to the forefront
- 8/1/2025 – Regional Food Biomanufacturing Innovation Hubs Can Catalyze US Biotechnology and National Security
- 4/16/2025 – iFAB Tech Hub to strengthen U.S. biomanufacturing capacity
- 4/1/2025 – Making Illinois the Global Hub for Biomanufacturing
- 3/26/2025 – Communicating on the Energy Transition
- 3/12/2025 – International collaboration highlighted at AgTech Summit
- 3/4/2025 – Champaign-Urbana AgTech Week Returns for Sixth Year
2024
- 08/14/2024 – iFAB Tech Hub grows net-zero industrial chemical partnerships, champions bioeconomy
- 08/09/2024 – Precision fermentation bubbles up in Illinois
- 07/02/2024 – iFAB awarded $51M EDA Tech Hubs grant to propel Central Illinois as a biomanufacturing leader
- 07/02/2024 – Biden administration Provides $504M to support 12 Tech Hubs Nationwide
- 06/21/2024 – Gov. Pritzker and State of Illinois Delegation Attend 2024 SelectUSA Investment Summit
- 03/07/2024 – Gov. Pritzker Celebrates Primient’s $400M Capital Investment in Illinois’ Plant-Based Future
- 03/04/2024 – iFAB partners commit $680 million, seek EDA funding for Central Illinois biomanufacturing hub
- 03/04/2024 – Gov. Pritzker Celebrates Substantial Investments in Illinois Biomanufacturing and Precision Fermentation
- 02/06/2024 – I Grew My Business in Champaign, IL, and You Should, Too
- 1/09/2024 – Serra Ventures and Grondex International Partner Up for next Ag & Food Tech Fund
2023
- 12/19/2023 – Synonym joins consortium of Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing Hub (iFAB) as Tech Hub designee
- 12/07/2023 – iFAB Tech Hub partners IBRL and BBP scale fermentation tech, jobs in Central Illinois
- 12/05/2023 – Transforming grain to gold: How area-led industry can strengthen America’s economy, national security
- 10/24/2023 – Central Illinois named US Tech Hub for biomanufacturing by Biden-Harris administration
- 10/24/2023 – Two Illinois Programs Selected as U.S. EDA Tech Hubs
- 9/14/2023 – Upside Foods Opens Commercial-Scale Cultivated Meat Plant Near Chicago, Starts with Ground Chicken
- 9/6/2023 – Pritzker, Incobrasa Industries Break Ground on $250M Manufacturing Facility Expansion
- 9/5/2023 – Is Illinois the Key to making the US the World’s Biomanufacturing Capitol?
- 8/29/2023 – Illinois Universities Seek EDA Funding for Cutting-Edge Tech
- 8/23/2023 – Innovate Illinois Supports IBRL project for federal EDA Tech Hub Funding
- 8/16/2023 – Innovate Illinois Supports Two projects for Federal EDA Tech Hub Funding
- 8/9/2023 – Opinion: The time is now for American agriculture to lead in the modern global bioeconomy
- 5/2/2023 – gener8tor Partners with Serra Ventures to Launch Accelerator for Ag and Food Startups
- 4/17/2023 – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Shaping impactful agricultural graduates
- 3/9/2023 – UI Research Park AgTech Summit Attracts Global Audience, Speakers
- 3/7/2023 – Parkland College announces new facility, program for ag training
- 3/6/2023 – ADM, Richland Community College team up to offer training program for new process technicians
- 2/1/2023 – IBRL bioprocessing degree fills critical need for biomanufacturing industry
2022
- 10/31/2022 – IBRL hosts workshop on revitalization of corn processing facilities
- 9/23/2022 – ADM Makes Transformative Investment in Innovation at University of Illinois Research Park
- 8/15/2022 – LG Chem and ADM Launch Joint Ventures, Announce Intended Location for U.S. Production of Lactic Acid and Polylactic Acid Production
- 6/2/2022 – IBRL’s Hands-On Fermentation Short Course Offered to Industry
- 5/6/2022 – The Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering’s Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory grows to meet the increasing demand from the bioprocessing industry
- 4/12/2022 – ADM to Meet Fast-Growing Demand For Alternative Proteins with Significant Capacity Expansion, New Innovation Center
- 2/2/2022 – ADM, InnovaFeed sign deal to make pet food from farmed insects
