The AgriFood News Aggregator features headlines from around the globe collected on AgFunder’s news sharing platform #feedit each week. Have news to share? Post it here and engage, share, and debate with your peers.
AgriFood & Tech Commentary
To Feed the World Sustainably, Repair the Soil – Scientific American
Agriculture Tech And Investing Needs A Diversity Overhaul. Here’s How – Forbes
The rise of the robochef – The Economist
How start-ups are positioning healthy food to make ‘a lot of business sense’ – CNBC
How to get funding when you’re pregnant – Moneyish
The Farm Group that’s Part of Rural America’s Crisis – Civil Eats
AgriFood Industry News
McDonald’s Pulls Salads From Thousands of Restaurants as Parasite Outbreak Escalates – Fortune
Mars Is Betting Greener Chocolate Bars Will Be Great for Profit – Forbes
US food regulators are fighting over who gets to oversee cell-cultured meat – Quartz
Organically Grown Company pioneered a new business structure to preserve its mission – Fast Company
Aqua- and Mariculture for Future Food and Biomass Production – PR
Vegalab Announces First Quarter 2018 Financial Results – PR
Association for Vertical Farming Summit 2018 – PR
AgriFood Tech Venture News
DNA-Based Pathogen Testing Company PathogenDx Raises $3.4 Million in Convertible Note Round – PR
Announcing The First Blockchain-enabled Farm Data Exchange — The Farmobile DataStore – PR
Kirchner Group advises Exosect on Monsanto transaction – PR
AgLaunch365 Opens Accelerator Applications – PR
Kirchner Selects Students for Innovative Lean Impact Investment Program – PR
Teralytic Releases the World’s First Wireless NPK Soil Sensor – PR
Inari introduces its mission to change the culture of agriculture with customized seeds – PR
A New England Food Incubator Launches An App To Further Boost The Local Food Scene – Forbes
First Class Of Food Waste Fighters Graduate From Maersk Accelerator – Forbes
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