believe that the renewable chemicals industry suffers from what we call the robustness problem or the failure of biocatalysts to perform well at scale . the solution to this problem is biotork s proprietary evolutionary optimization technology which allows the bioconversion of low value abundant raw biomass streams into high value bio based chemical commodities using an efficient fermentation process . company announcement biotork is excited to announce that we have succesfully doubled the rate of a cannabinoid precursor in a strain of yeast engineered to do so . cannabinoids are compounds typically extracted from marijuana plants some of which have psychoactive effects and some that are solely therapeutic . our advances open the door for viable production of pure safe therapeutic and non psychoactive cannabinoids which could have important implications in the health sector . see more ... news release company updates september 19 2016 producing cannabinoids with yeast biotork announces it has reached a first milestone in the race to alternative cannabinoids . see more ... news release november 18 2015 biotork announces groundbreaking alternative to fish oil . biotork llc a florida based biotechnology company has created a sustainable gmo free vegan omega 3 oil produced from algae . this omega 3 oil will be launched in the nutraceutical feed and food industries worldwide as a direct replacement to fish oil . see more ... news release july 31 2014 governor neil abercrombie of hawaii presents a 1.6 million check to further zero waste biofuel and high protein feed program initiated by dki pbarc and biotork llc . see more ... news release june 2014 philippine ambassador to the united states h.e. jose cuisia jr. visits biotorks facilities . news release may 2014 the state of hawaii supports biotork s development effort project to convert agricultural by products to biofuels and high protein feed the legislature authorizes issuance of special purpose revenue bonds of up to us 50 million . news release in the media february 1 2016 business report of north central florida biotork announces breakthrough products safe for vegetarians read article december 14 2015 gainesville sun business announcements for dec. 14 read article december 13 2015 biofuels digest jim lane biotork announces algae based vegan alternative to fish oil read article december 15 2014 chemical engineering world industry needs will drive the growth of renewable chemicals in asia read article november 5 2014 aquaculture north america papaya for fish feed . read article august 21 2014 gainesville s biotork working on hawai i expansions . read article august 7 2014 the search for value from food waste finds a center of gravity in hawai i read article august 1 2014 hawai i delivers 1.6 million for hilo biofuel program . on july 31 governor abercrombie and other administration officials state legislators pbarc officials and biotork representatives for the ceremonial check delivery . read article & see video what s in the news video from ted march 9 2016 we re headed towards a global food crisis nearly 3 billion people depend on the ocean for food and at our current rate we already take more fish from the ocean than it can naturally replace . in this fact packed eye opening talk entrepreneur and conservationist mike velings proposes a solution aquaculture or fish farming . article from the guardian january 19 2016 landmark new study that includes small scale subsistence and illegal fishing shows a strong decline in catches as more fisheries are exhausted . global fish catches are falling three times faster than official un figures suggest according to a landmark new study with overfishing to blame . article from gizmodo december 8 2015 from powering airplanes to replacing nuclear energy algae has been touted as a green energy miracle . so if our waterways are already filled with the stuff why isn t it filling the world s skies with biofueled planes algae is a tricky creature that presents a lot of challenges and misconceptions . here s why it s difficult to harness and why it could big a big payoff . article from global salmon initiative august 19 2015 members of global salmon initiative announce tender for novel oil sources rich in omega 3 copyright 2015 biotork