A
team of students who developed LED lights for chicken coops for small-flock
owners has won the prize in an international competition in Berlin.
The
students from the University of California at Davis called their idea
Henlights. It’s a small LED light that can be hung in a chicken coop to
stimulate increased egg production during long winter nights.
It’s
the same principle that large-volume egg producers employ – providing lighting
regimes that increase egg production.
The
competition was among entries from 25 countries and the prize was awarded
during the Thought for Food Global Summit sponsored by Syngenta.
Henlight’s three founders, recent UC Davis graduates
Edward Silva, Emily Sin, and Lorena Galvan, received a $10,000 prize as startup
investment launch the product from a working prototype to a scalable market
good with meaningful agricultural and social impact.
