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Brief: Oatly sues UK farm over PureOaty plant-based milk brand

June 14, 2021

Glebe Farm owner Phillip Rayner said that “although Oatly are much bigger than us, we do not believe we have done anything wrong.”

The future of Australia’s agriculture industry is hinged on carbon emissions

June 11, 2021

Carbon emissions reductions can, and should, go hand-in-hand with helping farmers to maintain the profitability and productivity of their operations.

Grow-NY is looking for agrifoodtech startups to apply to win mentorship, $1m prize

June 10, 2021

Grow-NY is accepting applications for Round III of its competition for agrifood startups until July 15.

Brief: Meat giant JBS pays $11m bitcoin ransom to ‘Russia-linked’ cyberattackers

June 10, 2021

The world’s biggest meat packer said that “preliminary investigation results confirm that no company, customer, or employee data was compromised.”

Brief: Cargill CEO MacLennan says plant-based will ‘cannibalize’ its protein business

June 9, 2021

He also said that the agribusiness giant doesn’t expect China’s domestic livestock feed industry to become self-sufficient anytime soon.

Plant-based ‘NUGGS’ maker SIMULATE raises $50m from Ohanian fund, McCain Foods

June 8, 2021

The New York-based startup will use the funds to expand its team, accelerate new product development, and grow its manufacturing capabilities.

North America’s indoor farms plan to add 500-plus acres over next 5 years: report

June 7, 2021

Artemis, which provides data analytics to indoor farms, has just released its annual ‘State of Indoor Farming’ report based on a survey of 205 enterprises.

Ginkgo Bioworks partners Asian chemicals giant Sumitomo

June 7, 2021

“We’re looking forward to combining [Ginkgo’s] genome editing and fermentation capabilities with our chemical technologies and industry insights in health and crop sciences,” said Sumitomo Chemical CTO Hiroshi Ueda.

Pulses detected: How regional crops could hold the key to Asia’s alt-protein future

June 7, 2021

Two recent research reports have shone a light on the potential role that pulses could play in delivering the Asia-Pacific region’s protein needs.

In Europe, the Covid crisis aligned with the start of a new agrifood investment cycle

June 3, 2021

It wasn’t only the pandemic that shifted trends in Europe’s agrifoodtech scene. 2020 was the start of a new innovation cycle on the continent.

Future Food 🎙️: Why Bayer’s former CEO joined a startup working on microbial crop protection

June 3, 2021

AgBiome is using its intricate understanding of the plant-related microbiome to develop biological solutions to infections, insects, and nematodes.

Going global with Sprout: Meet 5 startups that graduated from the Kiwi accelerator

June 3, 2021

Sprout is accepting applications for its upcoming accelerator program until tomorrow. Read the success stories of 5 past participants here.

Brief: Scoular launches new division to incubate early-stage investment opportunities

June 2, 2021

Scoular will look for investment opportunities in biofuels, renewable energy, carbon markets, and more through the newly established incubator.

Sprout’s new CEO on what drew him to New Zealand – and why startups should follow him there

May 31, 2021

When New Zealand came calling, other agrifoodtech investors saw ‘just sheep and cows.’ But Gil Meron sensed one of the sector’s biggest opportunities.

Climate-conscious sovereign wealth funds opt for energy, transport investments over agrifood: study

May 28, 2021

Sovereign wealth funds are focusing on “property and infrastructure while multi-asset and whole portfolio approaches are still rare,” a new report says.

Future Food 🎙️: How Bowery reached $2.3bn and is building its biggest farm yet

May 27, 2021

Bowery just closed the biggest-ever vertical farming funding round. Listen to our recent podcast with its CEO Irving Fain here.

Brief: EU drops plans to restrict marketing of plant-based dairy alternatives

May 26, 2021

Amendment 171 could have prevented brands from displaying allergen or climate information on packaging – or even from showing images of the product itself.

Loadsmart co-founders Ricardo Salgado and Felipe Capella

Startup Spotlight: How Loadsmart hopes to digitalize the transportation of produce

May 24, 2021

The New York-based startup offers an end-to-end logistics platform that makes it easier for shippers and carriers to complete transactions and track their shipments.