News
November 18, 2010 Ag-Defense Systems interviewed by H. Wayne Wilson for his "At Issue" series on WTVP 47. http://www.wtvp.org/programming/videoplayer2.asp?serv=1&blip=hLdVgpC_CQA&title=At Issue 2312&topic=Peoria NEXT&date=11/18/2010&len=0:26:46&rss=atissue.blip.tv%2Frss%2F&itunes=atissue.blip.tv%2Frss%2Fitunes%2F
November 2, 2010 Ag-Defense Systems is interviewed by Gretchen Wirtz for Week/HOI 19 TV's "Good Company" Series. See the interview at the following link: http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/good-company/Good-Company-Peoria-NEXT-106520524.html
October 13, 2010 Ag-Defense Systems wins the 2010 Lauch Business Plan Competition (http://www.launchnewbiz.com/). Links to press releases are given below:
http://www.pekintimes.com/news/x1943805272/Plan-will-protect-from-food-contamination
http://centralillinoisproud.com/search-fulltext?nxd_id=142846
April 1, 2010 Ag-Defense Systems secures a significant investment to enable testing of the BioPrep Prototype.
November 11, 2009 Ag-Defense Systems appoints Mr. James Neawedde as member of our advisory board. Visit our Corporate link to see biographies of all advisory board members.
October 14, 2009 Ag-Defense Systems partners with a local manufacturer for development of BioPrep prototype.
September 2, 2009 Ken Owen and Rex Dyer are interviewed by the Peoria CBS affiliate, WMBD. Follow the link to see the video! http://centralillinoisproud.com/search-fulltext?nxd_id=75861
October 1, 2008 Ag-Defense Systems recruits Mr. Ken Owen as Chief Executive Officer. Ken has a B.S. in Computer Science and Math from the University of Missouri at Rolla, and an M.B.A. from Bradley University. Ken has over 30 years in industry working with large and small firms across various economic and business cycles, and in several capacities including management consulting, executive operations management, sales and marketing, new product development, and high-tech/high-growth start-ups. In addition, Ken has specific expertise and strong positioning in food/drugs safety technologies and regulation, Federal security/defense organizations, and high-tech/high-growth strategies.
September 26, 2008 Ag-Defense Systems wins the "Innovate Illinois" (www.innovateillinois.org) semi-final competition for a $500 cash award. Ag-Defense Systems goes to Chicago on November 18 for the final competition. For the Bradley University Turner Entrepreneurship Center's news article on this go to www.bradley.edu/turnercenter/newsletter/business_fall2008_innovate2008.html For the iBio news article go to www.ibio.org/NEWS_EVENTS/nws-detail.lasso?nws_id=1973
September 4, 2008 Ag-Defense Systems wins the "Innovate Illinois" (www.innovateillinois.org) regional competition for a $5,000 cash award.
August 27, 2008 Article on Ag-Defense Systems in local newspaper (www.eastpeoriatimescourier.com/news/x81490465/East-Peoria-veteranarian-working-on-hand-held-device-to-test-food).
July 10, 2008 Ag-Defense Systems, Inc. was awarded a $10,000 Illinois Entrepreneurship Center Network Challenge Grant by the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship at Bradley University.
June 9, 2008 Ag-Defense Systems becomes a member of IBIO's PROPEL program (www.ibiopropel.org/index.html).
March 26, 2008 Ag-Defense Systems, Inc. forms Advisory board (www.agdefensesystems.com/advisory-board)
December 19, 2007 Ag-Defense Systems is incorporated in the State of Illinois