Coastal shrimp farming comes with a laundry list of problems. So how do you design an alternate system that can eliminate externalities that threaten coastal systems (extreme weather, disease) and still make a margin?
Technology that eliminates the earthy color, flavor and aroma of crickets could unlock new opportunities in human food markets, claims US-based startup Hoppy Planet Foods.
Here are some of highlights (and a few low lights😉) from 2023, plus some areas to watch in 2024, from designer probiotics to livestock methane reduction.
As well as taking stock of the best read articles of the year, the AgFunderNews team also wanted to highlight our favourite stories of the year; the articles we’re most proud of and enjoyed reporting the most.
The environment today is more realistic and therefore investments in the sector have a much better chance for long-term sustained success.
ReFarm and FoodTech Valley will build a circular, closed-loop system to boost UAE food security and decarbonize food production.
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.
There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of indoor agriculture’s future, but there are many more to be optimistic.
Farmtech funding for Southeast Asia startups has steadily grown since 2018 despite the overall drop in VC dollars to the region.
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.”
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.
UK researchers say vitamin B12 holds ‘immense potential’ when it comes to the role of biofortified foods in our supply chain.
The binder will be available in the US in 2024 as part of a multi-year agreement between Plantible and ICL.
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.
Industry sources tell AgFunderNews that vertical farming startup Infarm is considering a move to Qatar in the wake of the bankruptcy.
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.
The company has also hired food and ag vet Molly Montgomery as acting CEO as it focuses all efforts on its Danville, Virginia farm.
The proposed SPAC merger with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. values indoor farming tech company Freight Farms at $147 million.
The novel farming systems category has raised $826 million so far in 2023, according to preliminary data from AgFunder.
Could dormant genes in staple crops such as rice be reactivated so they can grow in salty land, or even directly in the ocean?
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