Plenty adds Sasha Preuss as VP of plant science

Plenty has announced “significant updates: supporting the development of its new R&D facility.

For upgrades to it Laramie, Wyoming research facility, Plenty has hired MOA Architecture as the architecture and engineering (A&E) firm.

The company has also announced the hiring of Sasha Preuss as the company’s Vice President of Plant Science. Building on decades of experience heading up biology and biotech programs and labs for some of the world's largest agriculture companies, including Bayer and Monsanto, Preuss is now leading Plenty's team of more than 75 scientists in scaling up the company's R&D work.

"What drew me to Plenty was not just the company's leading technology and runway for innovation and scale, but the genuine passion of everyone on the team to find actionable solutions for one of today's most important, global issues: feeding people," said Sasha Preuss, Plenty Vice President of Plant Science. "I'm excited to join Plenty to move more crops from conceptualization to production in our farms, and I'm fortunate to be working with a diverse team of talent as we leverage science and technology to secure the future of food."

"Since day one, Plenty's investment in R&D and our work to develop a transformational new method of growing plants has been what set us apart. Building the most advanced vertical farming research center in the world will make it possible for us to further scale our innovation and to continue advancing the fields of agriculture and plant science in the face of an increasingly volatile climate," said Dr. Nate Storey, Plenty cofounder and Chief Science Officer. "As we ramp up our cutting-edge crop research to scale what Plenty farms can deliver in the U.S. and beyond, we're fortunate to have Sasha's expertise and leadership shaping the future of plant science at Plenty."

"As a proud Wyomingite, I'm excited to see the innovation and technological advances Plenty has made here, and the massive growth and research potential on the horizon as we begin our work together in Laramie," said Brandon Daigle, Director of MOA Wyoming. "We're honored to have been chosen as the A&E firm on this project, and look forward to leveraging our expertise and experience to design this groundbreaking new research facility