Brief: New Holland, FPT Industrial partner Fontanafredda on carbon-neutral wine
FPT’s new biomethane-fueled tractor engine is at the heart of the historic Fontanafredda winery’s carbon-neutral wine project.
FPT’s new biomethane-fueled tractor engine is at the heart of the historic Fontanafredda winery’s carbon-neutral wine project.
Farmers that adopted soil health practices for at least five years saw net incomes leap an average $52 and $45 per acre for corn and soybeans respectively.
FBN is offering the prebiotics, probiotics, photosynthetic enhancers, carbon sources, and advanced micronutrients through its FBN Direct portal.
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Here are a few extra bits and bytes of agrifoodtech news from around the web this week.
St Louis-based CoverCress is gearing up for its first harvest and a soft launch this year, and is aiming to have 250,000 acres of its ‘cash cover crop’ planted in 2022.
Oishii is growing strawberries in vertical farms with the help of bees – and founder Hiroki Koga is taking his cue from none other than Elon Musk.
The app allows shoppers to form groups to collectively buy farm produce and other groceries in bulk at competitive prices.
AI that learns through ’embodied intelligence’ could boost agricultural resilience with its greater capacity to adapt to rapidly evolving climatic events.
The Breakthrough Institute argues that the US public sector should focus on increasing its investment in ag-related R&D, rather than taxing farm inputs or preventing farmland expansion.
The Japanese government has affirmed its “determination” that Sanatech Seed’s new tomato will be regulated as a GE, rather than a GMO, product.
Recently acquired by an affiliate of Iowa’s C9 Capital, Utah-based Fusionware uses blockchain tech to track produce from seed to shelf.
The Netherlands startup can identify male chicken eggs before a fetus develops, allowing the egg industry to avoid the culling of 6.5 billion male chicks each year.
The Newark-based company is set to merge with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp, raising as much as $357 million in gross proceeds at a $1.2 billion valuation.
With its Credit Score of Agriculture tool, the Wisconsin startup is hoping more data in agricultural lending can modernize and demystify the process.
In spite of the Covid-19 bump for consumer-facing solutions, downstream agrifoodtech funding actually decreased in 2020 if a few China oversize deals are discounted.
The Center for Food Safety had petitioned the US Department of Agriculture to cease its certification of hydroponic operations as eligible for the government’s ‘organic’ program.
We’re on Clubhouse and a new regular show we’re particularly excited about is the Future Food News Review, featuring leading journalists in foodtech and agtech discussing their top headlines of the week. Find out about last week here!
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The US biotech startup is using gene editing to increase the nutritional content of seeds such as soybean, with an eye on the booming plant-based protein market.