Colorado has a range of resources available to innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs building food & agriculture-related companies. Here are eight we have found.
A group of researchers conducting project Fish SCALE at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are using DNA sequencing to combat seafood fraud.
AgFunderNews caught up with the Forbes reporter and co-organizer of the magazine’s recent AgTech summit to discuss his highlights from the event.
The new farmland value index provider is using publicly available transaction data to compile monthly indices in a move away from other quarterly and survey-dominated indices.
UK-based research group Oxitec has started genetically engineering moths to make them infertile to help farmers control and reduce the destruction of their crops.
The USDA has announced the first investments from the $10bn Rural Infrastructure Opportunity Fund. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks to AgFunderNews about the fund’s development.
AgFunderNews talks to the US deputy secretary of agriculture Krysta Harden and Brad Doorn, program manager for water resources applications research at NASA, about the recent MOU between the two agencies.
“These are exciting times, these are challenging times, but the breakthroughs are incredible,” says Erik Andrejko, VP of Science at Climate Corp. When it comes to
Colorado-based Surna, Inc, a manufacturer serving the growing indoor cannabis cultivation sector, recently announced the major expansion of its existing facility in the city of Boulder to respond to increasing demand.
AgFunderNews recently had the opportunity to ask Jack Hemenway of Moss Enterprises, a leading technology education provider to a host of industries including farming, five questions about the future of 3D printing in agriculture and what every investor should know about this exciting new technology.
Oregon state’s clean tech funding and research collaboration arm OregonBEST has invested in a range of agtech start-ups, most recently a drought defending biodegradable superabsorbent polymer.
For many agtech entrepreneurs and innovators, finding the cash flow to get their idea off the ground is the most important step. Here are some of the grants and programs available in the US.
AgTech entrepreneurs! Find out how to apply here and be in with a chance of making 4.5 times more revenue and raising 20 times more capital than ventures that do not make it onto an accelerator programme.
AgriClear launched last month as the first cattle trading platform to provide online transaction and payments services. It’s a joint venture between the founders and Canadian exchange and clearing house TMX Group.
This is the development bank’s latest commitment to the agriculture sector outside the EU and coincides with plans to have a greater presence in Africa, where agriculture is a key target.
The Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad business school, has selected eight food and agriculture technology start-ups to take part
Dale Artho’s family has been farming Texas’ panhandle region for three generations. As a result, Artho has unique insight on how agtech has changed the
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week signed an equivalency agreement with Switzerland enabling the sale of US and Swiss organic products in either country.
AgFunderNews recently had the chance to attend the Forbes Reinventing America: The AgTech Summit in Salinas, CA from July 8-9. The summit brought together
Editor’s note: AFN recently had the chance to speak with Gregg Halverson, president of Black Gold Farms. Halverson will be speaking at the Forbes Reinventing
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