3 December 202528 November 2025 Governor Hochul Announces Round Seven Winners of the Grow-NY International Food and Agriculture Business Competition $1 million Grand Prize for Brekland of Brooklyn, New York, for building a novel, biodegradable foam coating that brings new, in-field functionality to crop protection products
21 June 202414 June 2024 Startup aiming to reduce plastic reliance joins Cornell incubator Generally food containers are made from polyethylene (PE) or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS), and other plastics, to line packaging - but about three years ago, Thomas and Ryan Scheel, the founders of RETRN Bio, imagined a better source: biological components
7 July 2013 Governor Cuomo announces Trellis Earth Products moving manufacturing production from China to Rochester creating 189 jobs With State Support, Company to Launch Eco-Friendly Food Service Products Line in 2014