The non-profit program backs growing companies solving key challenges in agriculture with up to $1 million in funding — apply by March 26!
Although it’s interested in biologics, it claims farmers still need the high rate of efficacy that chemical agriculture has to offer.
And then there were 10! Thought For Food (TFF) has sent AFN a list of 10 startup teams have secured their spots in the finals of the 2019/20 TFF Challenge, as well as 5 teams that will also take part in an inaugural TFF Boost Program.
Climate scientist, inventor and founder of two sustainable businesses, Adam Lowry is currently CEO of Ripple Foods, a dairy-free milk products company. His first company was Method, the sustainable cleaning products brand that’s now a household name.
Farmers are inundated with tech offerings and short on time to assess them but a 15-minute survey could help them plan for better tech use, according to a new consultancy called Growers Insight.
Agriculture technology startups and established companies face many challenges in a tight marketplace for farmers and ag professionals.
Speaking at an event in Washington DC on Wednesday, Scott Hutchins previewed the department’s Science Blueprint, which outlines the agency’s research priorities through 2025.
Michelle Egger and Leila Strickland are the founders of BIOMILQ, a biotech company seeking to optimize a woman’s breastmilk by culturing it in a bioreactor, rather than the natural way.
In a world of African Swine Fever, increasing scrutiny of the meat industry and consumer demand for transparency, the pork industry needs to modernize. But according to Chris Bomgaars, founder of EveryPig, many in the industry are reticent to move on.
The top startup companies that made the 2019 FoodTech 500 list represent every sector of the FoodTech ecosystem, from farm to fork, and they are all success stories in their own right, which is why we are so proud to share them with you.
It took Amazon nearly two and a half decades to capture 5% of the world’s retail. If that period was about layering technology on top of the physical world, the next will be digital-first, physical second.
The truce in the US-China trade war came just in time for the Chinese New Year of the Rat.
Stonyfield is partnering on OpenTEAM, a multi-stakeholder project and software platform enabling increased connectivity among digital tools and specific recommendations for things farmers can do to improve soil health on their farm.
Apply to pitch at F&A Next in The Netherlands in May in front of leading corporations such as Unilever and Nutreco, investors and media and be in with a chance of becoming the ‘Next Hero in Food & AgTech 2020’ and other perks.
Freight Farms’ container farms can be integrated into food-focused curricula or provide work-study opportunities for curious students, as well as supplying their canteens.
The firm has already made two investments from the new fund: Agrofy, the Argentinian agribusiness marketplaces that made waves a couple of weeks ago with its record-breaking Series B round, and Inari, the gene-editing for ag startup.
Plant-based protein is leading many consumers to ask deeper questions about where their protein comes from regardless of where it comes from.
5G loomed large at CES 2020. “5G” was written in the sky Tuesday morning in Las Vegas as the show kicked off. The technology now has real-world applications and the nation’s carriers are building out their 5G networks as we speak. But how relevant is this development for farming?
The Swiss company has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from California-based Agroecology Capital, an agtech venture capital firm.
Tortuga is debuting a commercial robotics-as-a-service model this spring after quitely working with farmer partners during stealth mode R&D.
