Food Biomanufacturing for National Security

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for National Security Growing a New Segment of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base

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pendent research and a series of interviews. It was reviewed by a panel of expert reviewers. The authors gratefully acknowledge the reviewers and interviewees for their valuable contributions, and the GFI and ETI research teams for their con- structive feedback. The authors thank Dr. Arun

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