The Increasingly Legal Cannabis Industry Could Offer Women Entrepreneurs an Even Playing Field
We spoke with cannabis cultivation company co-owner Hanna Brand about her experience in the fledgling industry where young people are writing the rules
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BREAKING: Cultured Meat Startup Aleph Farms Raises $12m Series A from VisVires New Protein and Cargill
Aleph Farms claimed in December 2018 that it was the first company to demonstrate that it can grow steak directly from bovine cells without harming the cow.
New Report: $16bn Invested in US Plant-Based Protein Market Since 2009
Alternative dairy products are leading the way while mainstream restaurants start to add plant-based burgers to their menus.
Plant-based protein alternative companies have attracted $16 billion in investment during the last 10 years, including venture capital funding and acquisitions.
Tillable’s ‘Hassle-Free Lease’ Offers Landowners Full Upfront Payment in Bid to Modernize Farmland Leasing
Farmland owners can now put the headache - and potential financial heartache - in the hands of Tillable with its first-of-its-kind lease arrangement service.
BREAKING: Why Insect Protein Startup Beta Hatch is Swapping its Seattle Home Base for a Rural Town in Washington.
The insect animal feed startup is ditching Seattle in favor of a rural town that offers cheaper operating costs and better access to agriculture clientele
Two AgriFood Robotics Startups Raise $15m for Diverse Applications across Supply Chain
One robot climbs into hard-to-reach places to perform critical inspections while the other helps farmers rid their fields of rocks.
For Elo Life Systems, Gene Editing is About Giving Consumers Exactly What They Want
Elo Life Systems, the food-focused subsidiary of the recently listed gene-editing group Precision Biosciences, is focused on developing food crops with nutritionally-improved characteristics.
Partnerships May Be the Recipe for Success in Post-Hype Ag Drone Space
As still-skeptical farmers demand more value and less labor input from drones, many companies are answering the call through strategic partnerships and acquisitions
Why Grain IoT Startup Telesense Acquired Webstech
Telesense, which counts major international shipping outfit Maersk Growth among its investors, says its acquisition of Webstech gives it the largest remote-sensed dataset for grain storage in the world.
Beyond Meat IPO 30x Oversubscribed as Financial Losses, Tyson Exit Fail to Faze Investors
Beyond Meat lists on the Nasdaq today after raising $240m in IPO funding at a valuation of $1.46bn, pricing the deal at the top of an increased price range, highlighting strong investor demand for the stock.
Agtech Startup Spotlight: Internet of Things America Wants to Help Rural Farmers Get Connected
Internet of Things America wants to provide rural connectivity to farmers in an ongoing issue and a major barrier to adoption for farmers who want to try agtech but who don’t have reliable internet access.
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, It’s Google’s Wing Aviation Drone Carrying your Dinner
Watch your six, Amazon. Google’s Wing Aviation, the first company to receive FAA clearance for drone delivery, is starting trials in Virginia on tech that’s “safer than cars.”
Make Manure Great Again: New Tech Challenge Aims to Put Animal Waste to Work
With involvement from World Wildlife Fund and The Yield Lab Institute, The Manure Challenge is exploring how technology can help us find an expedited pathway to making better use of manure.
It’s Beef’s Turn for a Digital Renaissance, says ex-Climate Employee & Founder of Digital Tool PLA
The livestock industry is gearing up for its turn in the innovation saddle as more startups like Performance Livestock Analytics tap corporate partners like Wilbur-Ellis to pick up the pace
3 Obstacles Facing the Urban Agriculture Industry in New York
Results of a new study in New York suggest that urban agriculture may not be able to provide the bevy of benefits that have excited consumers and enticed investors.
How a Little Sensor is Making a Big Impact on the Global Cocoa Industry
Handheld near-infrared spectral imaging devices are giving cocoa farmers and processors a way to set fairer prices in a matter of seconds while also cutting out the middlemen
Singapore-headquartered agrifood business Olam International has partnered with sensor startup Consumer Physics to help improve its cocoa production by capturing data on the exact amount of cocoa within a cocoa bean pod.
Food-X Selects Latest Accelerator Cohort Including 5 Women-Led Startups
Food startup accelerator Food-X has unveiled the next eight startups that will participate in Cohort 9. The startups are innovating across the entire supply chain from novel flavor ingredients to AI-powered, real-time consumer insight technologies.
Top 20 Retail & Restaurant Tech Startups in 2018
Retail and restaurant tech is a category of agrifood tech startups encompassing technologies and services aimed at making retail food businesses more profitable as well as improving shopper experience at the supermarket, in restaurants and other brick & mortar stores.
Can Restaurant Tech Help Industry Compete with Food E-Commerce? POS Startup Toast Says Yes.
With food delivery startups becoming more popular than ever, restaurants are turning to technologies like food-focused POS systems to keep pace with the rapidly rising digital tide.
ALSS Raises $8m Series A for New Chick Vaccination Technology that Will Cut Down on Antibiotics in Poultry
Animal health startup Applied LifeSciences & Systems (ALSS) closed an $8 million Series A round of equity financing co-led by Merck Animal Health and Mountain Grou Partners. Oval Park Capital, a Raleigh-based early stage investment firm, also participated in the round.