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POWERPOLLEN FOUNDER JASON COPE NAMED TOP AGRI-FOOD PIONEERS BY WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION
Jul. 9, 2025
Source: PowerPollen news release
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Ankeny, Iowa - PowerPollen, a leader in advanced pollination technology for agriculture, announced today that Jason Cope, Founder and Chief Intellectual Property Officer, has been named a 2025 Top Agri-Food Pioneers (TAP) award recipient by the World Food Prize Foundation. This prestigious honor recognizes Cope's contributions to agricultural innovation, crop yield improvement and sustainable food production.
Cope joins an esteemed cohort of 39 changemakers from 27 countries recognized for their bold and innovative contributions to global food security.
"I am humbled to be recognized among such passionate innovators. My sincere thanks to the World Food Prize Foundation for this honor, and to our incredible PowerPollen team--who make it possible to turn good ideas into real solutions for global food security," said Cope.
The TAP list, now in its second year, celebrates individuals driving transformative solutions to the most pressing challenges in agriculture and food systems. Honorees will be formally recognized during the 2025 Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue, held October 21-23 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Under Cope's leadership, PowerPollen has become an industry leader in advanced pollination technologies, holding the largest global pollen intellectual property portfolio. With seven years of field research, PowerPollen ensures on-demand pollination to increase crop yield, seed quality and production sustainability through adverse growing conditions. With a focus on delivering reliable, on-demand pollination solutions that empower growers and seed producers to maximize yields and profitability, PowerPollen is transforming the future of global food, feed and fuel production.
About PowerPollen
Established in 2015, PowerPollen offers a breakthrough, scalable technology to collect, preserve and apply pollen on-demand to help improve the productivity, profitability and sustainability of modern farming practices. Following multiple seasons of year-round field trials, PowerPollen's patented pollination technology increases yield and improves the quality of commercial hybrid corn seed production. The company has applied its technology across thousands of commercial acres over the past several years. PowerPollen is headquartered in Iowa with additional research operations in Puerto Rico and Texas. Learn more about how PowerPollen's on-demand pollination technology works at www.powerpollen.com.
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