Memphis, Tennessee-based NouriTech and its lead investors, Calysta and Cargill, broke ground on a new feed production facility in Memphis.

NouriTech is a venture formed in 2016 through investments from Cargill, Calysta and several third party institutions.

The plant sits on 37 acres of Cargill's 69-acre property. It will house the world’s largest gas fermentation operation to produce Calysta’s FeedKind protein.

This construction will be Calysta's "first commercial scale manufacturing plant," said Calysta President and CEO Alan Shaw.

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