Back of the Yards algae sciences (BYAS) is an algae technology company developing and producing high protein plant-based ingredients, natural blue food colorants, innovative organic biostimulants for vertical farming (Controlled Environment Agriculture) and sera (FBS replacements and mitogens) and media for cellular agriculture (cell-based meat, plants and mycelia). BYAS has industrial-scale pilot production facilities and a fully equipped (including a Stedim robotic system) cellular agriculture laboratory based at The Plant in Chicago. BYAS is committed to deploying circular economy technology to make alt.proteins and vertical and cellular agriculture a sustainable and affordable part of the global food chain.