Consumers are demanding more digital offerings from restaurants, but new technologies are creating unexpected pain points for operators.
A number of restaurant brands pivoting to 100% delivery models are hiring thousands of workers while a Scottish strawberry farm is offering on-farm employment.
Founded by thought leaders in soil health, the education and consulting organization recently appointed Walter Lynn Jr. as its new CEO.
This Canadian startup is hoping to address transportation in the livestock industry where welfare and stress are major concerns.
As meal kit companies struggle to secure customer loyalty and combat churn, online grocery is gaining traction. Could dedicated meal kits soon be extinct?
In the bio-based inputs race, this California-based startup thinks a foliar coating approach for tackling pests can overcome the biologics efficacy debate.
Local food is hot but there’s a disconnect between local producers and grocery retailers that Foodshed.io is hoping to solve.
Brazil’s small farmers are worth an estimated $20bn in crop protection buying power but most ag retailers cater to larger commodity-focused operations.
“GrainChain has quietly become one of the most successful blockchain-meets-agriculture platforms on the market by allowing more and more farmers to receive fair value and prompt payment for their crops, while also selling to a larger pool of buyers,” said Overstock CEO and Medici Ventures president Jonathan Johnson
Syngenta Ventures’ Michael Lee tells AFN how the firm is viewing the biologics space and why WeedOUT’s species-specific approach is so important.
We caught up with Cattle Eye co-founder Terry Canning ahead of the Animal Agtech Innovation Summit where it will be featured in a startup spotlight.
Farmers continue to show skepticism and distrust when it comes to providing data to third-parties but Farmobile hopes its new patented blockchain tool can foster more trust.
It’s hosting an inaugural tech-agnostic challenge targeting 13 countries and seeking scalable solutions that address smallholder farmers’ biggest needs.
There’s been talk about incentivizing grazing management to sequester carbon but Nori is targeting crop growers through approved practices like Locus’ microbial input
Israel-based Fabric (formerly CommenSense) is currently working to expand its US footprint with its robot-backed software platform to provide micro-fulfillment almost anywhere
It also announced some changes to its executive leadership with CEO Tom Laurita stepping down in what it described as a streamlined approach towards advancing commercialization.
Technology is helping food companies connect consumers to their food but it’s also creating new opportunities to mislead them. Where do we draw the line between truth and questionable marketing?
When Perdue purchased the high-welfare pork, beef, and lamb brand in 2015, speculation about whether Niman could retain its niche appeal was high.
Although it’s interested in biologics, it claims farmers still need the high rate of efficacy that chemical agriculture has to offer.
The acquisition will add 1,800 weather stations to the company’s existing European network to support hyper-local weather data for farmers.
How Indian agritech can help address climate risks