The Korean chemical giant’s Singapore agribiz hub will “pioneer solutions for the world food supply chain through innovation, not just plain food trading,” its CEO tells AFN.
The funding will be used to construct its new headquarters farm in Brooklyn, which will enable the wholesaler to scale up its operations 20x.
Australia is technologically advanced, highly urbanized, and has farmers aplenty – but its urban ag industry is practically non-existent. Sydney startup Blakthumb finds out why.
Kalera recently announced plans to open what it describes as the largest vertical farm in Texas.
There’s space for vertical farming among Chile’s urban populations, where year-round fresh produce is not as abundant as you might think.
With the pursuit of carbon neutrality still looming large over political and corporate agendas, companies across Europe have been searching for new ways to unplug their production lines from petroleum-based products.
The Québec-based startup claims to have the only smart LED lighting technology that reproduces the full spectrum of the sun’s natural light.
Singapore Food Bowl is the new online program from GROW, the Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech accelerator by AgFunder. Applications close in 4 days – so hurry!
In a hypothetical world where Covid-19 had never struck, a promise of ever more precise irrigation water use for the quality and quantity of yields could have gathered more Series B steam among investors.
Trials already indicate how a precision method like Greeneye’s can reduce a farmer’s herbicide usage by 65‒92%, according to Greeneye.
NextProtein, a French-Tunisian startup working on new ways to produce insect-based animal feed and fertilizer, has raised €10.2 million ($11.2 million) in Series A funding,
The funding will be used to construct what it describes as the largest mealworm facility for animal feed in North America.
European Agri-FoodTech startups raised $3.4 billion in funding in 2019 across 419 deals, a 70% year-over-year growth, according to new research from AgFunder in collaboration
Urban farming gets a boost as the Singapore Food Agency and Housing & Development Board tender out nine multi-storey car park rooftops to growers.
The startup is now taking pre-orders for a bookshelf-sized at-home growing system producing leafy greens, herbs, and more.
Duckweed is rich in protein and grows incredibly fast. It can double in biomass every two days.
Hatch is inviting startups to apply for the fourth cohort of its aquaculture-focused program, which has accelerated the likes of Finless Foods and Jala.
As any fruit farmer will tell you, sunlight is great — until your trees get sunburnt. The scorching of high value fruits like apples or
Novel farming systems saw a 37% increase in funding over 2018 as maturing companies raised larger rounds for the diverse segment.
The Welsh controlled environment farming company Phytoponics designs, develops, and supplies Deep Water Culture systems for large scale hydroponic crop production.
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