Climate Corp’s Jeremy Williams on geospatial imaging
September 15, 2021
Jeremy Williams is a panellist at the AgTech NEXT conference on 6 October, where he’ll be speaking about geospatial imaging’s role in ag.
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Meet the founder: Retailo’s Talha Ansari talks supply chain digitalization in the Middle East
September 15, 2021
“At Careem, we were barely scratching the surface. From tax filing [to] transportation, we realized no-one had tried to solve the problems of the retail industry.”
Australia’s marine bioproducts industry is about to boom
September 10, 2021
Marine bioproducts derived from resources like algae could add $3 billion to the Australian economy by 2035 – while also building a more resilient food system.
Carbon markets evolving: The way forward for the US agrifood sector
August 31, 2021
Slowly but surely, carbon markets are maturing across the world. In the US, farmers and the wider agrifood industry have a critical role to play in their development.
5 ways agroforestry can work for your land
August 30, 2021
Agroforestry has a multitude of benefits in terms of soil health, water quality, and food security – so long as it is done right.
He says it’s not about climate. So why is Bill Gates investing in farmland?
August 27, 2021
Gates isn’t the only one to have recognized that farmland investments can lead to solid returns.
Meet Biteback & Cellular Agriculture: The GROW Impact Accelerator’s food ingredient futurists
August 13, 2021
Biteback is creating edible oils from mealworms, while Cellular Agriculture has designed a new type of bioreactor to bring down cultivated meat’s costs.
AgFunder exit review: John Deere’s $250m acquisition of Bear Flag Robotics
August 5, 2021
“When we invested, what I loved about Bear Flag was that they were solving the right problem,” writes AgFunder partner Rob Leclerc about his firm’s exit from the ag automation startup.
Don’t blame business for cultivated meat’s cell line shortage. Public funding is the problem
July 23, 2021
Cell lines for cultivated meat R&D are proving hard to come by. But don’t point the finger of blame at startups, as a major UK newspaper appeared to do this week.
Conservis’ unusual exit to Rabobank-Telus JV shows management team’s mettle
July 22, 2021
Conservis provided an exit to its investors 12-years after its founding and the “odd” deal showcases a key way forward for digital adoption on the farm.
Dishing the dirt on ag carbon credits
July 13, 2021
Carbon credits schemes involving agriculture are growing in number – but not all are necessarily equal in their impact, Dan Blaustein-Rejto writes.
We already have the blueprint to prevent the next pandemic – and it’s on our farms
July 6, 2021
On World Zoonoses Day, a call for farms in emerging markets to get access to the same tech and knowhow as their counterparts elsewhere.
This year’s biggest agrifoodtech IPO will probably involve a company you’ve definitely heard of
July 2, 2021
It could file its prospectus – seeking to raise a reported $10 billion at a $60 billion valuation – as soon as next week.
The top 5 misconceptions about satellite imagery for agriculture
June 29, 2021
From Landsat through to modern-day providers like Planet, satellite imagery has had a role to play in agriculture. But many misconceptions persist.
A sole focus on organic farming will not get us where we need to be
June 28, 2021
CRISPR is the best tool the EU has to achieve its ambitious agrifood sustainability goals. The bloc needs to keep that squarely in mind when regulating its use, write Rudi Ariaans and Ferdinand Los.
Meet the plant-based pioneers in GROW’s latest Impact cohort: ANINA, Green Rebel & Rainfed
June 24, 2021
In this roundtable article, AFN hears from team members at three GROW startups which are playing their part in the plant-based protein revolution.
Quantum computing’s answer to the global food security problem
June 15, 2021
Quantum hardware’s depth of analysis would likely advance our understanding of the genetic code of plants – and humans – far beyond what we know today.
The future of Australia’s agriculture industry is hinged on carbon emissions
June 11, 2021
Carbon emissions reductions can, and should, go hand-in-hand with helping farmers to maintain the profitability and productivity of their operations.
Investing along the curve: Revealing the best opportunities across the food supply chain
May 18, 2021
Stakeholders can no longer put off investment into food supply chain tech – but where do they start? Seana Day and Brita Rosenheim offer some clues.
Is sustainability reporting ready for its Xero moment?
May 11, 2021
FLINTpro has been built in Australia to help the ag industry and government understand what they need to report to improve their land management practices.
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