Pivot Bio talks insets vs. offsets, paying farmers, and why nitrous oxide is an overlooked emission March 18, 2024 Jennifer Marston Pivot Bio said it has paid $6 million to growers participating in the company’s N-OVATOR program that rewards farmers for using nitrogen management practices.
Meet the founder: Bon Vivant’s Stéphane Mac Millan… ‘In the next 10 years, animal-free dairy proteins will be cheaper [than milk proteins from cows]’
Brief: Orbillion raises new capital for predictive modeling platform to de-risk cultivated meat scaleup
Locus Fermentation Solutions raises $30m in debt financing following ‘strategic restructuring,’ revamps carbon farming scheme
Danone VP on methane reduction in dairy: ‘You can’t force this on farmers, you have to meet them where they are’
Meet the founder: NitroVolt cofounder talks sustainability and farmer self sufficiency through green ammonia
Umaro Foods raises $3.8m in new financing as it scales up meat-free bacon ‘at half the cost’ of animal bacon
The Week in AgriFoodTech: ProteinDistillery brews up $16m, Rozana raises $22m for rural commerce in India
‘Glyphosate is safe’: Facing tens of thousands of lawsuits, Bayer names ongoing Roundup-related litigation a top priority
Umaro Foods raises $3.8m in new financing as it scales up meat-free bacon ‘at half the cost’ of animal bacon
Meet the founder: Verdant Robotics’ Gabe Sibley on NASA rovers, self-driving cars, and ag robots: ‘They have to be insanely robust’
Meet the founder: Protix’s Kees Arts on insect ag… ‘You can’t come in with a Silicon Valley playbook and outcompete a legacy industry in 3 years’
‘Prioritizing taste over timelines’: amidst ongoing market correction, vertical farming company Oishii raises $134m Series B
Mushroom vertical farming company Smallhold files for bankruptcy; firm in ‘worse financial shape than previously disclosed’
Exclusive: BSF ‘breeding as a service’ startup FreezeM nets $14.2m series A. ‘We want to be the seed company for the insect ag industry’
Varaha raises $8.7m to help smallholders in Asia & Africa transition to climate-friendly farming methods
Just 1% of US agricultural land goes to agroforestry. Rodale Institute & Propagate plan to change that
Women entrepreneurs are a missed opportunity in venture capital. Here’s how investors and policymakers can change that
🎙️’We could use $100bn per year.’ Astanor’s Eric Archambeau on how agrifoodtech will mature after its dot com-style crash
Sponsored
International Fresh Produce Association launches year 3 of its produce accelerator