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BREAKING: David Protein maker prevails in antitrust lawsuit over alt fat EPG

“At bottom,” said judge Victor Marrero, “David bars are protein bars that are reasonably interchangeable with other protein bars.”

FoodTech

Nutrition & health

Beware ‘pilots to nowhere’: Aleph Eins Capital on avoiding corporate agtech traps

When it comes to exclusivity deals with corporates, just say no, says George Bilkis. “Many startups are tempted because it’s a matter of survival sometimes, but actually, it can kill them.”

Agtech

Corporates

George Bilkis, managing director, Aleph Eins Capital. Image credit: Aleph Eins Capital.

Exedy Drones enters race to build American-made spray drones amid supply crunch

Michigan-based Exedy Drones says first deliveries are targeted for spring 2027, subject to engineering, FAA, dealer and production readiness.

Agtech

Precision agriculture

BREAKING: David Protein maker prevails in antitrust lawsuit over alt fat EPG

Beware ‘pilots to nowhere’: Aleph Eins Capital on avoiding corporate agtech traps

Exedy Drones enters race to build American-made spray drones amid supply crunch

Miyoko’s comeback off to rocky start amid recalls, recipe changes. Problems are ‘temporary,’ says new owner

Fooditive in advanced talks to commercialize low-cal rare sugar 5-KDF

Layoffs at Carbon Robotics as firm “realigns costs due to broader economic conditions”

Guest article: Executive impersonation threats are everywhere in agriculture. This is how to respond

AgriFood Signals: DoorDash to buy Instacart, Terradot lands $34m, Biosphere wins Pentagon contract

Agrifood corporates find a new model for financing regenerative agriculture via Soil Capital partnership

Mark Golder: ‘Cacao-based chocolate will become increasingly premium, and for everything else, there’s Win-Win’

Stacked Farm outlines the long game for vertical farming ahead of US expansion

🎥 Amatera tackles plant breeding bottleneck with high-throughput cell screening platform

From climate finance to AI’s impact on smallholders, here’s what to expect at COP31

BioClé tackles bioactives’ bioavailability challenge with novel delivery tech

iPROOF facility aims to bridge biotech’s valley of death

Guest article: Health data is booming. Meaningful insights? Not so much

Finnish insect ag firm Volare opens 5,000-ton protein factory in Finland, explores 2nd plant

US aquaculture needs more than VC dollars to grow: report

‘No acceptable offers’ for Liberation Bioindustries as firm seeks to plug $25m funding gap

AgriFood Signals: Danone turns yogurt into renewable energy, Bison Ventures lands $160m, biochar projects

Unnamed bidder submits letter of intent to acquire Believer Meats’ US cultivated meat site

Recent agrifood cyberattacks are ‘a wakeup call’ for the industry as ransomware incidences increase

🎥 Earth Rover bets on pulsed light to tackle weeds without chemicals

Twiga’s demise underscores the need for new financing models in African agrifoodtech

Lumi AI finds new home at Newforma as agentic analytics gathers pace

Brevel teams up with The Wave Group to scale ‘illuminated fermentation’ in India

Reservoir Farms expands to Pacific Northwest to accelerate physical AI

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