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 Venture News
Soft Robotics raises $20 million to expand operations – TechCrunch
Netherlands’ Nutreco leads Series B in Eruvaka – Economic Times
Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness President Switches to Cavallo Ventures – Press release (PR)
SproutX Accelerator Announces Latest Cohort – PR
Sentera Partners with The Climate Corporation – PR
Bushel™ expands grain platform feature set with eSign capability – PR
Following Positive Agricultural Field Trials, Crop Enhancement Expands Go-To-Market Team – PR
USDA Announces New Funding Opportunity for Sustainable Agricultural Systems – PR
KnipBio Sees Promising Results in Independent Trout Feed Trial – PR
AgriFood Industry News
Report: Amazon’s online grocery sales grew 50% in Q1 – Food Dive
EU Agrees Total Ban on Bee-Harming Pesticides – Guardian
Bayer Signs Agreement to Sell Further Crop Science Businesses to BASF for up to €1.7 billion – PR
France Bans Use of Meat-like Terms in Packaging for Vegetarian Food – Independent
Bayer Digital Farming Product Now Available for European Farmers – PR
John Deere Invests in New Test Lab at Iowa State University – PR
Senator Chuck Schumer Introduces Bill on 4/20 to Federally Decriminalize Cannabis – Merry Jane
Whole Foods Grocery Delivery Expands, Now Live in 10 Markets – TechCrunch
Precision Agriculture Project Reports Massive Water Savings – PR
Vultus and nHack to cooperate in Asia – PR
AgriFood Commentary
Walmart Is Getting Suppliers to Put Food on the Blockchain – Bloomberg
How GV’s Andy Wheeler Invests In The Food Companies Of The Future – Forbes
Controversial New Milk Shakes Up Big Dairy – Guardian
Warren Buffett Needs to Sell a Lot of Ketchup Fast – Bloomberg
From AgFunderNews this week
Tyson Invests in Israeli Cultured Meat Startup Future Meat Technologies
Bayer Gauging Expectations from Environmental Groups Ahead of Monsanto Merger
Contain Inc Launches First Insurance Service for Indoor Farmers
PrecisionHawk Partners with FAA on Blueprint for Flying Beyond Visual Line of Sight
How JUST’s Oatmeal is Designed to Do Good and Make a Profit in West Africa
Why the Thought For Food Challenge Embraces Controversy
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