Compostable Seed Pod Startup Receives $500,000 NSF Grant to Scale Automated Indoor Farming

Anu, an indoor farming company, has been awarded a $500,000 Phase IIB Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Science Foundation. The funding will support the development of multi-cavity tooling for its patented, compostable Plug-and-Grow Seed Pods, aiming to reduce skilled labor in controlled-environment agriculture and advance 'Food is Medicine' nutrition testing.