The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pula raises $20m for ag insurance, SOSV’s new planetary health fund, Impossible’s new ranch
Plus: Swiss cleantech startup Bcomp raises new funds and Shake Shack expands its carbon neutral shake offerings.
Plus: Swiss cleantech startup Bcomp raises new funds and Shake Shack expands its carbon neutral shake offerings.
“There is no regenerative without organic,” says Daily Harvest’s CEO Ricky Silver.
Scope 3 emissions can account for the bulk of a company’s carbon impact, and are typically also the hardest to track.
Using Verqor’s market reach and Traive’s AI tech, the new product will speed up access to credit for smallholder farmers.
Neatleaf’s CEO and co-founder talks ag robotics, scaling a hardware startup, and why it started in cannabis.
Plus: more pesticide alternatives enter the agtech arena.
ReFED’s Dana Gunders discusses why interest in food waste solutions from US businesses, investors and consumers remains high.
The company will also introduce new capabilities to its system, which farmers can retrofit to existing machinery.
Plus: Science Based Targets initiative’s new rules for Scope 3 emissions are causing more than a little chaos.Â
Equipment manufacturers have a critical role to play in changing both costs and regulations for biologicals, says a new report.
Robust waste tracking and inventory systems are key to cutting more food waste out of the food retail supply chain.
After seven years at Deere, the agtech vet joins Rootwave as a newly appointed board member.
Proprietary tech and proprietary strains of seaweed provide a model that’s scalable anywhere in the world, says Seadling founder Simon Davis.
The team recounts its days from university students to founding Agrospheres, a startup delivering novel encapsulation tech for biologicals.
Gates Ag One will focus on crop innovations that benefit yields and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Also: farm labor management platform Seso raises $26 million, L’Oreal backs sustainable pigment producer.
The R&D partnership aims to eventually develop a commercial product.
The Lithuania-based firm recently unveiled a €50 million fund backed by the European Investment Fund.
The CEO and co-founder of soil-carbon startup Agreena talks agrifinance, regenerative agriculture, and how to help small farmers.
Plus: more funding for ag robotics and bad news for Kroger’s e-commerce business.
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