The Utah Innovation Awards announced that Aqua-Yield’s Enhanced NanoShield Delivery™ technology will be honored at the 17th annual Utah Innovation Awards on Oct. 10. Aqua-Yield is being honored in the Life Science – BioTech category.

Aqua-Yield first introduced Enhanced NanoShield Delivery in 2014 and continues to innovate the END to better serve its domestic and international customers with a line of more than 10 products. Enhanced NanoShield Delivery is used in all of the company’s products.

“It’s exciting for me to know that people are starting to share our vision for a sustainable future in agriculture,” said Chief Science Officer, Landon Bunderson.

Enhanced NanoShield Delivery is Aqua-Yield’s patented delivery system for plant nutrition and chemistry. By using nanoparticles, the company is able to deliver nutrients and chemistry to plants more effectively.

The Utah Innovation Awards are presented by Stoel Rives LLP and Silicon Slopes. The program recognizes pioneering Utah companies and the technologies that they develop.