This week’s 1 Million Cups at the Kauffman Foundation featured a local effort to provide musical instruments to disadvantaged youths and a startup offering insurance-validating automobile license plates. Mike Meyer of Meyer Music discussed Band of Angels, his family business’s nonprofit partnership with WDAF-TV Fox 4 to collect used instruments for kids in financial need who want to participate in school band and orchestra programs. Now in its fourth year,…
Specialty Fertilizer Products of Leawood has been purchased by a plant-health company based in North Carolina. The acquisition gives Verdesian Life Sciences access to SFP’s 270 patents and expands the company’s client base. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “SFP’s innovative fertilizer solutions are a natural fit with Verdesian’s expansive product offerings that increase grower yields and return on investment,” said J.J. Grow, chief executive officer for Verdesian Life Sciences….