It’s raising the insects on organic byproducts such as food waste, before converting them into proteins and oils for use in animal feed.
Organizations that make the Cool Food Pledge aim to slash food-related emissions by 25% by 2030 by transitioning their customers to more eco-friendly diets.
Keeping tabs on meat and dairy corporate climate goals is vital to holding these companies accountable for meaningful emissions reductions.
The theme of Earth Day 2022 is “invest in our planet.” In the agrifoodtech community, we’re taking it literally – and must push governments to do the same.
For Earth Day 2022, we explore some of Africa’s ecosystem enablers working to support and finance climate-smart agriculture startups.
Pending regulatory approval, the US-based company hopes to bring its cultivated chicken to commercial markets later this year.
More funding went to vertical farming in the US while delivery heavyweight Just Eat Takeaway is having second thoughts about buying Grubhub.
Motif says it’s “confident the US Patent & Trademark Office will agree with our view that the patent never should have been issued, and revoke it.”
Cultivate Next will invest in early-stage restaurant tech that can enhance both guest and employee experiences.
How does agrifoodtech’s share of VC funding compare to agrifood’s share of GDP in the US?
Agrifood SMEs in Europe could do with some additional support from investors and industry – especially in terms of help with scaling-up, the report suggests.
SuperMeat’s co-founder and head of communications talks regulatory approvals, transparency with consumers, and the long-term promise of cultivated meat.
Bhattacharya tells AFN what Next Gen has planned for Tindle, and what it was about the startup that tempted him away from Temasek.
Choco became a unicorn with its latest fundraise, Leaft is making protein from leaves, and Alt Farm is 3D-printing waygu beef alternatives.
Kenya’s Tushop is scaling to allow communities to purchase groceries in groups, thereby getting wholesale prices for goods.
The two US-based companies will develop microbiome-based feed ingredients, health and therapeutics, and monitoring products for animal health innvoation.
Consumer-facing downstrream technologies bagged $32 billion in VC investment in 2021; the bulk of it was thanks to a few big eGrocery deals.
The crisis in Ukraine has damaged an already weakened post-Covid global food system. It has also highlighted the vulnerabilities of that system’s interconnectedness, write FAIRR’s Helena Wright and Alexander Burr.
The 10 latest startups to join the GROW Impact Accelerator include tech solutions for protein deficiency, beekeeping, and livestock antibiotic resistance.
Benson Hill aims to scale its Ultra-High Protein soy by incorporating it into Kellogg’s MorningStar Farms alt-meat range.
