Bent creek institute, inc. (bci), a non-profit research and economic development organization accelerates research, development, and production of safe plant derived wellness products in western north carolina.

Technology

In collaboration with the north carolina arboretum (tnca), bci continued to manage botanical ingredient authentication and testing services at us botanical safety laboratory (usbsl). Usbsl also provided formulation services at discount prices to small businesses, providing low cost access to gmp compliant prototyping and manufacturing services. Usbsl maintained regional partnerships including with the bionetwork laboratory (a division of the community college system) to anchor an accessible hub for the production of value added products from wnc alternative agriculture. bci and usbsl provided strategic advisory and consulting services to producers and start-ups to asssist in scale-up and r&d of herbal products.