Before Covid-19 hit, ESG was fast becoming the phrase of 2020 when it came to investment. Where does agri-foodtech fit and what happens to sustainability priorities and impact investing in our space when a pandemic hits?
Agriculture has only recently entered into the public conversation on climate change — and mostly in a negative way. Far less attention has been paid to agriculture’s capacity to be a climate solution.
What started as a concept around urban biorefineries to process food waste into fertilizer took a turn when the byproduct proved to be a natural cleaning product.
Red Sea Farms and Kirchner Group are joining forces to help climatically challenged communities “grow local” in the face of supply chain fragility.
Our food systems are swiftly reacting and adapting to the Covid-19 pandemic, creating an opportunity and need for foodtech innovation.
Agriculture is facing a major shortage of qualified labor. Innovations like digital twin technology can help meet labor needs in a time of high demand and short supply.
In this roundtable, execs from Waycool, Future Group, and RipePlanet give a detailed picture of Covid-19’s impact on the fresh produce sector.
The failings of the US food system have left 88% of the population metabolically unhealthy. Frighteningly that means they’re all at a higher risk of complications from the Covid-19 virus compared to the 12% who are deemed metabolically healthy. This startup wants to help.
We’ve kicked the can down the road for too long when it comes to investing in our food system and Covid-19 is revealing its many weaknesses. We can do better.
Find out where and when exits will come, how startups can get acquisition-ready, and how the landscape is changing with Covid-19.
Uber is pulling out of the food delivery business in 7 countries to “reinvest… in priority markets.” Here are some clues as to where it should refocus.
As investors seek diversity in order to weather the storms ahead, now, more than ever, FoodTech stands out for its value, its strength, its opportunities and the benefits it brings, writes PeakBridge Partners.
Interesting things are happening in the Nordics. MatHem (literally “Food Home”), the market leader in online groceries in Sweden, has teamed up with a local financial colossus and industrial enfant terrible to re-draw the food map, writes Johan Jorgensen.
In an effort to try and navigate how our growing but still relatively small asset class gets through the Covid-19 crisis, we’ve launched a series of digital talks for our community. In the first, we chatted with Climate Corp’s Dave Friedberg and Alexandria’s Blake Stevens.
In this Earth Day special of the Future Food podcast, I speak to Cees Jan Hollander, global director of farm relations, and Connecterra CEO Yasir Khokhar about their efforts to make the dairy sector more sustainable.
For Earth Day, we asked satellite imagery analytics company Geosys to provide an overview of how climate change has impacted agriculture industries all over the world using data from its 2019 Climate & Crop Report.
Facebook’s move to acquire 10% of the Indian telco is about a lot more than agriculture and supply chains. But its impact on the sector could be massive – here’s how.
Agriculture has not been immune to the sweeping societal changes of the last two months as everyone adjusts to the Covid-19 virus. Here’s a high-level look at the impact from farm gate to consumer.
While Gaston Marquevich is thankful his fresh produce operation Generation Farms in Florida and Georgia has always sold into grocery stores, the Covid-19 pandemic has placed other pressures on his vertically-integrated farm business.
The next harvest is becoming a matter of economic survival for some growers in uncertain times. With trade wars, pandemics and market plunges, farmers now more than ever need every edge they can get to make the most of the growing season. One thing they can do to up their game is to take inspiration from fighter pilots, writes Joe Byrum.
Why is no one talking about agriculture as a solution to climate change?