Veteran-owned, established in 2012, working from Washington State.
ABOUT
M3
What we do
Pest control built on sterile insect release for codling moth, navel orangeworm, and screwworm, with drones, X-ray sterilization, and modular production.
We release sterilized insects into orchards to bring pest populations down in an eco-friendly way. SIR is a backbone of Integrated Pest Management for specialty crops: apples, pears, almonds, and pistachios.
We work on invasive species that threaten global food security. Codling moth programs run across Washington, Oregon, California, and Michigan, with direct-to-grower service in Washington and parts of Oregon.
A $1 million grant from the National Nuclear Security Administration supports the development of an X-ray-based insect suppression method.
Track record
- 01
2012
M3 established.
- 02
2013
M3 began collaborative work with USDA APHIS.
- 03
2015
The first release of sterile pink bollworm from a small unmanned aircraft system.
- 04
2017
USDA APHIS Small Business Contractor of the Year.
- 05
2018
M3 launched a commercial SIT program that now operates across multiple states.
- 06
Today
M3 runs sterile insect programs for codling moth across Washington, Oregon, California, and Michigan, and holds multiple USDA APHIS PPQ permits across species programs including pink bollworm, navel orangeworm, and Mexican fruit fly.
- 07
Federal projects
Rangeland multispectral and lidar survey, Asian longhorned beetle survey and detection, swarm UAS, and smart rangeland programs. M3 collaborates internationally with the UN International Atomic Energy Agency.
Leadership
Nathan Moses-Gonzales
Chief Executive Officer
Bio
A founding member of M3 and a subject-matter expert on sterile insect technique in Integrated Pest Management, with 21 years working in SIT. Before he established M3 in 2012, Nathan worked on the USDA Pink Bollworm Eradication Program, which eliminated pink bollworm from North America. He has published research on SIT for pink bollworm, codling moth, yellow fever mosquito, and Mexican fruit fly, contributed to two UN Coordinated Research Programs on SIT, and served as a subject editor for the Journal of Economic Entomology Special Collection on Drones for Insect Pest Management.
Dustin Krompetz
Chief Operating Officer
Michael Milam
Chief Technology Officer
Rob Mahrt
Chief Financial Officer
Dr. Marion Le Gall
Chief Science Officer
Bio
Dr. Le Gall earned her PhD in entomology from Texas A&M University and conducted postdoctoral research at Penn State University and Arizona State University. At M3 she focuses on X-ray sterilization and mass-rearing techniques. She recently led a Special Collection in the Journal of Economic Entomology, “The Sterile Insect Technique: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions.” She reviewed, edited, and published several papers for the collection.
Work with us
- Growers: start with the codling moth rates and the grower’s guide
- Agencies: the screwworm response is ready to coordinate
- Researchers: the SIR School course is free