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

Could plant cell culture unlock a new category of “precision botanicals” or is it a “capital intensive money pit?” AgFunderNews caught up with a handful of key players.

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

It’s the economy stupid. Plant-based meat’s retail slowdown began just as inflation made grocery shoppers more price-sensitive, says Paul Shapiro.

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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

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

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

AgriFood Signals: Elbit acquires Bluewhite, more funding for virtual fencing, Anheuser-Busch awards $80k grant

Mid-tier food brands face toughest test in next inflation cycle, warns Rabobank

Pacifico Biolabs nets $8m, targets alt-meat cost parity with brewery retrofit model

Exclusive: Waste methane to fertilizer startup Windfall Bio auctions off assets

Can plant cell culture escape the biopharma cost trap? Rheaplant nets new funds

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

How to sell the next wave of gene-edited crops? Let the little guys do it

StrainX Bioworks nets $13m to scale biomanufacturing platform: ‘India is going to be the fermentation capital of the world’

Guest article: Building the next generation of the global meat trade as a sovereign mandate

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