The facility is the first of its kind for the company and the most technically advanced, costing roughly $100 million for a company that has had a rough ride on its share price valuation over the last few years.
Biomanufacturing is the term used to describe the process of using biological systems as opposed to chemistry to produce commercial biomaterials. Crudely this means using certain microbes — naturally-occurring species or genetically designed — to produce certain materials.
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.
Arya has a warehousing and fintech platform to solve to help Indian farmers avoid selling their grain at the worst time of year — after harvest.
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.
Scale-up businesses contend with a unique set of challenges to startups, which an emerging group of programs and resources like ScaleUp Food are trying to address.
It’s hard to know how to respond to the spread of COVID-19. The virus is creating uncertainty across the world, impacting societies and businesses with varying degrees of severity.
The Dutch company recently launched an innovation lab to let promising startups make good use of its unparalleled database in a bid to tackle greenhouse cultivation’s biggest challenges.
We joined DCVC Bio, Novo Holdings, 8VC and others to invest in sustainable leather startup MycoWork’s $17m Series A. Here’s why.
The animal nutrition and aquafeed company has added alternative protein to its list of categories this year alongside sustainable farming, welfare, and digital tools.
IntelloLabs is working to solve the logistical and potentially brand-busting challenge of quality control in the high-value crops industry using computer vision.
It’s hosting an inaugural tech-agnostic challenge targeting 13 countries and seeking scalable solutions that address smallholder farmers’ biggest needs.
BDS Analytics has forecast that the worldwide legal cannabis industry generated revenues in the region of £11.5 billion in 2019 and is expected to grow to around £35 billion by 2024. Alongside this phenomenal rate of growth, the UK agriculture sector is embarking upon a period of unprecedented change.
There’s been talk about incentivizing grazing management to sequester carbon but Nori is targeting crop growers through approved practices like Locus’ microbial input
Mission-driven investment firms are writing early stage checks to companies that aim to replicate, improve, and restore natural growing environments.
there are a few ways to interpret this $19.8 billion figure. Though it signals a 4.8% drop in funding and 15% decline in deal activity year-over-year, it also represents a staggering 250% growth in five years, and proves that the huge scale of investments in 2018 was no freak outlier.
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?
The non-profit program backs growing companies solving key challenges in agriculture with up to $1 million in funding — apply by March 26!
The established specialty mineral and chemical provider will combine Growers Insight’s platform with its agronomic services.
How Indian agritech can help address climate risks