Kathryn Polkoff, co-founder and CEO of Hoofprint Biome, has been thinking about the ... Hoofprint’s feed additive tweaks the microbiome in a cow’s rumen and suppresses the growth of microbes ...

"Our enzymes are designed to prevent the release of methane in the rumen," said Kathryn Polkoff, CEO of Hoofprint Biome. "But that's only the beginning. By using these enzymes to reshape the rumen ...

More meat, less heat. “Our enzymes are designed to prevent the release of methane in the rumen,” said Kathryn Polkoff, co-founder and CEO of Hoofprint Biome, in a press release.

The cows have help. A rich microbiome in the largest chamber of their stomach, known as the rumen, dismantles these foodstuffs and transforms them into usable energy. “It’s incredible,” said ...

Novel interventions – including feed additives and genetics – that determine the profile of the rumen biome and act directly on rumen function to reduce enteric methane emissions have the ...