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924 This App Set Out to Fight Pesticides. After VCs Stepped In, Now It Helps Sell Them

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Stephen Miller @ Wired · 10/24/2024 06:00 EDT

This App Set Out to Fight Pesticides. After VCs Stepped In, Now It Helps Sell Them

Plantix started with the mission of making farming more environmentally friendly. So how did it end up selling the very products it wanted to fight against?

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