Founding Partners
Founding Partners
This partnership is focused on attracting agtech companies to Lexington and all of Kentucky. Lexington and Kentucky have all of the ingredients to become a major hub for high-tech innovation in agriculture, attracting good jobs and new companies to our city.
Mayor Linda Gorton, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
We believe that Kentucky can step up to the challenges facing our agriculture communities and become the agriculture hub of technology and innovation in the United States.
Dr. Ryan Quarles, Former Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner
A vibrant agtech hub will provide more opportunities for new research collaborations and innovations and for UK graduates to stay in Kentucky and work in new agriculture-based companies.
Dr. Nancy Cox, Former Vice President for Land-grant Engagement and Dean, University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
With the formation of the Bluegrass AgTech Development Corp, we are taking a significant step forward in creating an ecosystem for agri–food innovation that builds upon Kentucky’s best attributes.
Dr. Mark Lyons, President and CEO, Alltech
