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How a Startup from KSU is Replacing Fat in Chocolate with a Low Calorie Alternative
It may sound too good to be true, but according to David Rowe, founder and president at Choco Finesse, the proof is in the chocolate pudding.
It may sound too good to be true, but according to David Rowe, founder and president at Choco Finesse, the proof is in the chocolate pudding.
We caught up with Isabelle Decitre, founder of the awards, to find out more about her motivation for launch FFAA and why it’s needed in Asia.
A meaty industry brief this week includes a lawsuit against larger food companies including Tyson and Perdue, new grant options for food & ag research, India’s TIME winner of the year, and a plan to build 100 black soldier fly farms.
Securing funding for food and drink start-ups is more difficult than doing the same job for innovators in other industries, according to Alessio D’Antino, CEO and co-founder of Crowdfooding UK.
The Northern Irish startup raised the funding from former UK Entrepreneur of the Year.
It was a busy week for agtech startups with new partnerships and awards, while regulations around gene-editing make slow progress.
Insect farming, Big Data technology, soil health products, and a Crowdfund a cow platform are just a few of this week’s agtech fundings.
Catalina Sea Ranch, the first offshore shellfish ranch in US federal waters, has raised funding for its mussel farm off the coast of Southern California, and for research into growing environmentally-beneficial giant kelp.
President Trump nominated former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to head the US Department of Agriculture, while Mastercard launched an East Africa agtech platform, and applications opened for two new accelerators.
A bumper week of fundings includes startups offering satellite imagery analysis, drones-as-a-software, milk products, wine e-commerce and more.
The accelerator, which is based in New York, selected eight startups from over 500 applications to take part in its 14-week program.
Remi Schmaltz, CEO of Decisive Farming, writes about the role software tools will play in enabling transparency in the food chain.
Awards, partnerships and agtech product trials dominate this week’s industry brief.
A busy week of fundings saw $89m raised by startups offering technologies from farm-to-fork.
Kuli Kuli is the leading manufacturer and distributor of moringa-based products in the US.
A bumper week of fundings as we catch up from the holidays offer a diverse look at the types of startups innovating in the food and ag space today.
Nicola Kerslake from Newbean Capital and Indoor Ag-Con offers some predictions for the indoor agriculture industry in 2017.
Emily Byrd from Good Food Institute highlights the four areas of cellular ag that need investment before products using the process can be commercialized.
Emerging market farm-to-consumer platforms joined a biotech company producing hypoallergenic peanuts, a precision ag startup, a an online seed retailer, and a large European meal kit delivery service.
Venture capitalists are predicting that alternative proteins will replace virtual reality as 2017’s new hype. But how will this space play out? We speak to GFI’s Bruce Friedrich to try and find out.
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