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IN 2020, DESPITE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE HAD A PRODUCTIVE YEAR. WE ESTABLISHED NEW WAYS TO REACH THE PUBLIC THROUGH CREATIVE OUTREACH AND HOSTED 16 VIRTUAL SCIENTIFIC SEMINARS AND LAUNCHED AGTECH NEXT, AN ANNUAL EVENT FOCUSED ON SHAPING THE FUTURE OF FOOD, THAT FEATURED 68 SPEAKERS WITH MORE THAN 330 PEOPLE FROM 22 COUNTRIES ATTENDING. OUR VIRUS RESISTANT CASSAVA FOR AFRICA (VIRCA) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE TEAM BECAME THE FIRST EVER TO SUCCESSFULLY STACK TRAITS TO IMPROVE THE LEVELS OF IRON AND ZINC AND VIRUS RESISTANCE IN A NON-CEREAL CROP, CASSAVA. THE DANFORTH CENTER BUILT NEW GREENHOUSE FACILITIES ON OUR CAMPUS AND ESTABLISHED A FIELD RESEARCH STATION NEARBY. WE CREATED A NEW INNOVATION TEAM WITH NEW KEY HIRES TO HELP SPEED THE DELIVERY OF CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO FARMERS. WE CELEBRATED THE OPENING OF THE EDGE@BRDG BUILDING, THE HEADQUARTERS FOR BENSON HILL, THE REGION'S FIRST AGTECH UNICORN, ON OUR CAMPUS. 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