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Category: Novel Farming Systems
BREAKING: Intelligent Growth Solutions to power UAE ‘GigaFarm’ capable of replacing 1% of imports
December 6, 2023
ReFarm and FoodTech Valley will build a circular, closed-loop system to boost UAE food security and decarbonize food production.
BREAKING: Oishii adds ultra-premium tomatoes to its vertical farming lineup with launch of The Rubī
December 6, 2023
Oishii’s Rubī Tomato is grown in the company’s state-of-the-art vertical farm and available now in select Whole Foods stores in the US.
10 years in indoor ag: After a decade of tough lessons, indoor ag nears ‘the plateau of enlightenment’
December 1, 2023
There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of indoor agriculture’s future, but there are many more to be optimistic.
Data snapshot: Farmtech funding continues its upward climb in Southeast Asia ‘irrespective of the external financial climate’
November 29, 2023
Farmtech funding for Southeast Asia startups has steadily grown since 2018 despite the overall drop in VC dollars to the region.
Entobel opens largest insect protein production facility in Asia, targets aquaculture
November 23, 2023
Entobel says it will demonstrate that “it’s possible to produce industrial volumes of insect protein at a competitive cost… and we expect this factory will be profitable early next year.”
🎥Insectta: ‘We envision a future where insects power healthcare and electronics’
November 8, 2023
Instead of using black soldier flies for feed and fertilizer, Singapore-based Insectta hopes to expand their applications to everything from personal wellness and pharmaceuticals to organic electronics.
New research targets malnutrition with biofortified pea shoots grown with aeroponics
October 25, 2023
UK researchers say vitamin B12 holds ‘immense potential’ when it comes to the role of biofortified foods in our supply chain.
Plantible teams up with ICL to create Rubisco-powered clean label binder that ‘outperforms methylcellulose by a mile’
October 23, 2023
The binder will be available in the US in 2024 as part of a multi-year agreement between Plantible and ICL.
Brief: Tyson bets on insect protein with strategic investment in Protix
October 18, 2023
Tyson will take a minority stake in Protix and fund further expansion of the latter’s insect protein business for animal feed and pet food.
Updated: Infarm ‘won’t be making any comments’ on rumored $50m raise from Middle East
September 28, 2023
Industry sources tell AgFunderNews that vertical farming startup Infarm is considering a move to Qatar in the wake of the bankruptcy.
Edible insect startup Cricket One closes series A, opens Asia’s largest cricket processing facility
September 24, 2023
Vietnamese edible insect startup Cricket One has opened what it claims is Asia’s largest cricket processing facility and closed a financing round led by Singapore-based investor Robert Alexander Stone.
AeroFarms emerges from Ch. 11 with new CEO, focus on VA farm
September 18, 2023
The company has also hired food and ag vet Molly Montgomery as acting CEO as it focuses all efforts on its Danville, Virginia farm.
Brief: Container farming startup Freight Farms to go public for $147m via SPAC
September 8, 2023
The proposed SPAC merger with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. values indoor farming tech company Freight Farms at $147 million.
Data snapshot: Fish, flies and algae outshine crop CEA in the $600m+ of novel farming systems funding so far in 2023
September 6, 2023
The novel farming systems category has raised $826 million so far in 2023, according to preliminary data from AgFunder.
ALORA reactivates dormant genes to unlock ‘best performing salt-tolerant rice plant in the world’
September 6, 2023
Could dormant genes in staple crops such as rice be reactivated so they can grow in salty land, or even directly in the ocean?
Equilibrium & Bosch Growers submit winning bids to acquire AppHarvest’s KY greenhouse facilities
September 5, 2023
Longtime AppHarvest backer Equilibrium submitted the lone bid for the former’s 60-acre greenhouse facilities.
Brief: Entocycle & Bühler partner to cut the ‘trial and error’ phase from large-scale BSF production
August 30, 2023
The companies will provide expertise, equipment and services for converting organic waste into BSF larvae used for protein in animal feed.
Our oceans are in a state of emergency. Aqua-Spark’s CEO explains how startups can help restore their health
August 28, 2023
Lissy Smit explains how the Aqua-Spark portfolio is addressing some of the greatest challenges right now for ocean and marine life.
Data snapshot: Indoor farming & insect meal top India’s Novel Farming systems investment category
August 23, 2023
Novel farming systems present opportunities for India to bolster its food supply in the midst of climate change.
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