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French alt meat whole cut specialist SWAP Food enters judicial liquidation

Best-known for its whole cut chicken fillets, Paris-based SWAP Food has secured more than €100m ($116m) in debt and equity since it was founded in 2020.

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swap chicken fillet Image credit: SWAP Food

Fertilizer… without Haber Bosch: Can AI-optimized plasma make green ammonia cost-competitive?

Faraday Earth—a startup using AI-optimized plasma to make green ammonia—claims its system could reach a levelized cost of c.$500 per ton, putting it within striking distance of fossil fuel-derived gray ammonia.

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French alt meat whole cut specialist SWAP Food enters judicial liquidation

Fertilizer… without Haber Bosch: Can AI-optimized plasma make green ammonia cost-competitive?

Picketa Systems raises $1.5m to bring crop nutrient testing to the field

After Meati’s collapse, Chunk Foods pitches capex-light path to whole-cut alt meat, eyes profitability in 2027

Apeel founder on MAHA, misinformation, layoffs, and a second act in post-harvest tech

AgriFood Signals: EIF commits $29m to Irish agrifoodtech, Aphea.Bio and Bayer team up, GLP-1 pills

CryoVera targets ‘silent killer in the freezer’ with antifreeze tech ‘inspired by extremophile organism’

UK’s first public-private nature fund raises $86m to restore landscapes at scale

Exclusive: UPSIDE Foods submits $50m stalking horse bid for Believer Meats’ US cultivated meat facility

From Taxol to cocoa: Can plant cell culture make the leap from drugs to food?

Guest article: What the obituaries for plant-based meat miss

Ekonoke harnesses indoor hops farming to safeguard beer brewers’ supply chains

Sixteen44 prepares farm demo for plasma-based methane abatement tech

Innovafeed raises $59m, scales production, cuts R&D headcount as insect ag hits “industrialization phase”

AgriFood Signals: $30m for meatpacking tech, Rabobank sells Foodbytes, job cuts at Aleph Farms

India’s Tractor Junction shares upside with staff after 62% revenue jump

What investors should know before backing AI tools for food waste management: report

GERBER-RAUTH exits dairy commodities to double down on ‘future of dairy’

Ayana Bio and Brevel net $1.25m grant to see if ‘illuminated fermentation’ can turbocharge plant cell culture

Nestlé taps Helaina to explore bioactive proteins in infant nutrition

Purdue’s DIAL Ventures says it’s a ‘defining moment’ for AI in agriculture after first close of Fund II

‘Please reverse this decision!’ DJI users urge FCC to rethink foreign drone ban

Amyris CEO on the post-bankruptcy re-boot: ‘We’re a drastically different company’

FlyBox founder: Insect farming can work in Europe, but not as a VC-backed protein play

Reservoir’s Danny Bernstein says we’re ‘entering the golden age of robotics’ in agriculture

Food brands prepare to follow GLP-1 users on and off the drugs

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