The AgriFood News Aggregator features headlines submitted each week by members of the AgFunder community through our news sharing platform #feedit. Have news to share? Post it here and engage, share, and debate with your peers in the comments section.
AgriFood Tech Venture News
Singapore’s largest indoor farm to give food firms and national food security a boost – FoodNavigator
Softbank in talks to invest $750m into pizza robot Zume – Bloomberg
SWIIM Closes $3m B-1 Round – PR
Land O’Lakesacquires Agren – PR
Plenty Will Launch at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival – PR
Top Food Execs are Turning to Mushroom Fermentation for Solutions – PR
Kevin Brehm Joins AgriSync as Sr. Director of Product – PR
AgriFood & Tech Commentary
A Five-Step Plan to Feed the World – National Geographic
What’s So Secret About Whole Foods? Under Amazon, a Lot It Seems – Bloomberg
Risk of increased food insecurity under stringent global climate change mitigation policy – Nature
22 Noteworthy Food and Farming Books for Summer Reading—and Beyond – CivilEats
Most Americans will happily try eating lab-grown “clean meat” – FastCompany
Land and Water Stewardship is Everyone’s Responsibility – PR
AgriFood Industry News
Corn that acquires its own nitrogen identified, reducing need for fertilizer – NBC News
Chipotle Slapped With Lawsuits Following Ohio Foodborne Illness Outbreak – Eater
Smart irrigation becoming more attractive option for spuds – AgriTech East
Corn that acquires its own nitrogen identified, reducing need for fertilizer – PR
Chipotle Slapped With Lawsuits After Ohio Foodborne Illness Outbreak – Eater
“Eating crickets can be good for your gut, according to new clinical trial” – Science Daily
AgriFood Policy News
What Is a Genetically Modified Crop? A European Ruling Sows Confusion – NY Times
Soybean farmers are surviving Trump’s trade war — even without his $12 billion aid package – Washington Post
