Search Results for: soil

Policy must reward — not punish — early adopters of soil health

October 23, 2023

Current policies in Canada around no-till farming and soil health disregard contributions of the early adopters for being early adopters.

Green ripening soybean field, agricultural landscape

Should ag lenders and crop insurers offer ‘good soil discounts’ to farmers? Land Core develops ‘actuarially sound model’ to make it possible

August 4, 2023

Insurers offer discounts for avoiding smoking and good driving, so should they incentivize farmers to invest in good soil health?

Meet the founder: FarmLab’s Sam Duncan on why effective soil mapping is a lot like blood testing

July 21, 2023

The FarmLab agronomy platform can help farmers better map, sample and analyze soil for agronomy and carbon projects.

The Week in AgriFoodTech: Flash Coffee brews up $50m, ChrysaLabs nets $15m for soil science

May 11, 2023

Biotech startup MicroHarvest and sustainability measurement platform Improvin’ also raised funds; Beyond Steak is approved by the AHA.

Boomitra partners with FtMA to launch flagship soil carbon project for East Africa’s smallholders

March 30, 2023

The soil carbon project which already has 2700 farmers on board will help farmers adopt climate smart ag practices while connecting them to carbon markets.

Soil carbon startup Agreena lands $50m to tear down the financial barriers to regen ag

March 30, 2023

Danish startup Agreena aims to help farmers build a meaningful revenue stream by implementing, tracking and measuring regenerative farming practices.

Why plant nutrition is the driver of soil regeneration

March 27, 2023

While it is true, as the saying goes, that ‘healthy soils produce healthy plants’, the question is: “What creates healthy soils?” asks John Kempf.

How Trace Genomics is bringing soil analysis out of the dark with hi-definition genome sequencing

February 23, 2023

As a new report from the outlines, Trace Genomics’ hi-definition genome sequencing technology can decode and catalog the complete soil environment.

Exclusive: Loam Bio raises $73m Series B from Lowercarbon, Acre, others to boost soil carbon

February 13, 2023

Australia-based Loam Bio’s microbial seed inoculum could help farmers store more carbon in the ground and more easily enter carbon markets.

Brief: EarthOptics nets $27.6m Series B to advance soil sensing and data platform

January 23, 2023

EarthOptics, a company based in Arlington, Virginia that provides soil data measurement technologies and services, has secured $27.6 million Series B funding. The round was

By the numbers: the state of the world’s soil in 2022

December 8, 2022

From widespread soil degradation in Africa to Iowa’s quickly disappearing “black gold,” the numbers show how urgent the world’s soil situation is.

An 8-step action plan to fix the soil health tech stack now

October 31, 2022

Standardizing soil data will build a thriving marketplace that rewards farmers and ranchers for actions that increase soil health and sequester carbon.

BREAKING: Soli Organic secures $125m to expand soil-based vertical farming across the US

October 12, 2022

The company says it can grow leafy greens and herbs indoors via its soil-based vertical farming system for 30% less than it costs to grow outdoors.

Yard Stick lands $18m to equip agrifood with faster, cheaper soil carbon measurement tools

September 28, 2022

Agrifood companies selected for the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding chose Yard Stick as their official carbon measurement partner.

Sr. Soil Scientist

July 20, 2022

Trace Genomics has developed the first analytics engine that learns as it maps the living soil. Founded in 2015 to serve the farming community, Trace

X-Centric is bringing down the time & cost of on-site soil carbon analysis

July 7, 2022

Co-founder Roozbeh Ravansari says the startup’s ‘point-and-shoot’ system can help facilitate emerging ag carbon markets and optimize fertilizer use.

Brief: Soil carbon platform Perennial raises $18m from Temasek, Bloomberg, Microsoft

May 17, 2022

The US company’s soil carbon measurement, reporting, and verification platform could help corporates better meet their emissions reductions targets.

Meet the founder: Future Crops CEO Gary Grinspan makes the case for soil-based vertical ag

April 25, 2022

Future Crops vertically farms its produce in a soil-based substrate which “sticks with what Mother Nature tells us,” Grinspan tells AFN. Plus it’s kosher.

Chinese tech giant Tencent leads funding for Future Crops’ soil-based vertical farms

March 14, 2022

Future Crops stands to benefit from Tencent’s deep domain expertise in AI and automation – as well as its massive footprint in the Asian tech ecosystem.