Climate solutions: hype versus existing technologies

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Terviva Receives Investment from Chevron Renewable Energy Group to Scale Renewable Pongamia for Biofuel Production

Queensland Country Life feature on Terviva’s work in Australia. Australian native on trial in CQ could be world's new 'super food'

Is This 'Super Tree' The Future of Bioenergy and Plant-Based Protein?

Today’s episode is long overdue. For the past 15 years, today’s guest: Naveen Sikka, has been working to commercialize the pongamia tree. There are several things that are special about this emerging crop. First, it’s a legume, so like soybeans, peas, lentils, chickpeas and other legumes, the plant forms symbiotic relationships with nitrogen fixing bacteria, so in short, it can fix its own nitrogen from the atmosphere. Although the crop does still require some fertilizer - just a fraction of what is required for a lot of other crops. Also like other legumes, the beans are very high in oil and protein. But unlike those crops it’s a tree, which can have benefits in terms of productivity, soil health, and adaptability to certain parts of the world. So you have this supertree, that is a nitrogen fixer that is a perennial and adapted to both periods of flooding and periods of drought, and most of all it produces a versatile and nutrient dense crop. Naveen’s going to share a whole lot more about pongamia, but I wanted to start with answering, why is all of this effort worthwhile? 

An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and could help provide the nation with renewable energy.

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We're excited to announce that Maggie Kavalaris, Terviva's founder and chief legal officer, is an honoree of this year’s @incmagazine's 2024 Female Founders Award. The award celebrates dynamic and inspiring entrepreneurs whose innovations and ideas are creating positive, global change. Chosen from among thousands of women, the honorees are trailblazing individuals who are challenging the status quo and tackling some of the world’s greatest problems.

Throughout her career, Maggie’s courageous spirit and unwavering commitment has created meaningful and measurable impact: from her work at @sheshouldrun cultivating an unprecedented number of women candidates for public office to her role as a board member of @astiaglobal, which invests in women-led companies.

As founder of Terviva, Maggie’s impact is felt across our entire organization: from our executive team and cross-departmental women leadership to the roughly 1,000 women community leaders in our Terviva Karanja Sakhis (TKS) program, empowered through elevated incomes and education initiatives.

Please join us in celebrating Maggie's remarkable achievements and her work helping to shift the paradigm for women everywhere.

The ultimate ‘climate-smart’ crop, nitrogen-fixing Pongamia trees produce significantly more biomass per acre than soybeans with a fraction of the inputs. But scaling and commercializing products from a completely new crop takes time and patient capital, says Terviva cofounder and CEO Naveen Sikka.

Terviva Expands Relationship with ALOHA with New Pa'akai Bar, Made with Sustainable Ponova® Oil

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This legume has superpowers: It's drought tolerant, pest resistant, nitrogen fixing, carbon sequestering, soil remediating, high-yielding and rich in protein. It can provide food and fuel, and combat climate change, all with a single pod. And Terviva wants to plant millions of them to feed billions.

Aloha, Terviva team to launch plant-based protein bar featuring much-anticipated, ‘ultra-sustainable’ Ponova oil