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Using Data to Unlock Opportunity from Food Waste

September 25, 2017 Ricky Ashenfelter Leave a comment

Spoiler Alert's Ricky Ashenfelter offers AgFunderNews readers an exclusive preview of the Strategic Guide for Using Data to Drive Food Loss and Waste Reductions.

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60 AgriFood Tech Startups Nominated for 2019 AgFunder Innovation Awards – Vote Now!

February 13, 2019 10:01 am | By AgFunder

Voting will close at 5 pm PT on February 28. The winners will be exclusively announced at the ReThink Agri-Food Innovation Week in San Francisco on March 20 at a special networking evening bridging the World Agri-Tech and the Future Food-Tech Summits. Read more →

Investor Insight

Woman-Led Midwest Angel Investment Firm iiM Invests $2.4m in 6 AgriFood Tech Startups

January 31, 2019 10:29 am | By Lauren Manning and Louisa Burwood-Taylor

Kansas City-based angel investment firm iiM (Innovation in Motion) has invested in a variety of early-stage agrifood tech startup companies covering everything from a bio-based plastic alternative to oral vaccines for livestock and companion animals. Read more →

Technology Corner

Food Tech Startup Spotlight: Noluma’s Innovative Packaging is Reducing Risk of Milk Degradation

January 30, 2019 3:33 pm | By Louisa Burwood-Taylor

Noluma has developed a unique technology that measures the light protection of packaging as a function of its effects on the product contents by placing a marker ingredient in a solution inside a test package, which is then exposed to intense light. Read more →

Frankly Speaking

It’s Time to Plant the Seeds of Growth in Sustainable Agriculture

February 5, 2019 10:47 am | By Multiple Contributors

The Boston Consulting Group offers advice to large agribusineses in meeting consumer demand for sustainably grown food and offers some thoughts around defining sustainability. Read more →

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