BREAKING: AquaBounty in murky water after accusations of safety violations at GM salmon plant
A former employee shares evidence of violations ranging from mishandled chemicals to unsafe water at the genetically modified salmon factory.
A former employee shares evidence of violations ranging from mishandled chemicals to unsafe water at the genetically modified salmon factory.
Investors poured a record-breaking $15.2 billion into Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech startups in 2021; in 2022, the region continues to break records.
Improving soil health, controlling erosion and boosting yields are the main motivators for using cover crops on US farmland.
Seren Kell from the Good Food Institute Europe speaks to AFN following a £20 million pledge from two UK bodies to support the sector.
From old timers with mega deals to up-and-comers just entering the space, here are the ghost kitchen startups leading the pack of a growing if somewhat controversial segment of the food industry.
A shift has occurred in the farm robotics category and The Mixing Bowl and Better Food Ventures have put together a market map detailing nearly 250 startups automating various activities on crop farms operating both indoors and outdoors to highlight its depth.
As rural producers in North-West Europe look to add controlled environment agriculture to their farms, there’s a compelling case for more greenhouses.
Research finds that 80% of farmers cite input cost as the biggest risk to profitability; more are considering tools like precision ag and biologicals.
Investors will work with the top pork and poultry producers on how to mitigate risks to human and planetary health from poor manure management.
A couple mega-deals of $100 million and over are responsible for the bulk of ghost kitchen investment from the last 12 months.
Growers may also see “further downward price pressure” on phosphates and potash, though the outlook is less sunny for nitrogen.
Alt meat, seafood, dairy, and egg companies can use the reporting frameworks to standardize their ESG impact for investors and consumers.
Ghost kitchens operator from Uber founder Travis Kalanick, CloudKitchens, raised a whopping $850m in 2021, including backing from Microsoft.
Apeel Sciences and Benchling are among the startups addressing the tools and services needed in the middle of the agrifood value chain.
Some of last year’s top startups for In-Store Retail & Restaurant Tech are struggling to stay relevant in the current tech downturn.
War, climatic events, and supply chain strains are putting millions of tons of grain and roughly 1.4 billion people in vulnerable countries at risk.
Bolt Threads leads the category, followed by several other startups developing biomaterials to replace animal- and petroleum-based fabrics.
UM6P, the venture arm of the Moroccan university with the same name, says the deals are “investment-partnerships” as the two startups stand to benefit from scientific support and testing of their technologies at the university.
New York is the most diversified investment landscape with a greater mix of upstream and downstream agrifoodtech startups.
Less than one year after going public, crop genetics company Benson Hill discusses the role its closed-loop farming system has over all of its ESG metrics.
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