Bridgestone awarded $35M USDA Climate-Smart Grant to advance guayule natural rubber production

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By mmillikinNov 20, 2022, 8:30 am131 pts
The US Department of Agriculture has awarded Bridgestone and several partners a $35-million grant to continue its investment in desert shrub guayule (earlier post) to advance a climate-smart domestic rubber industry and offer a solution for growers amid the ongoing water crisis in the Southwestern US. The grant…

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