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 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.
Carbon credits schemes involving agriculture are growing in number – but not all are necessarily equal in their impact, Dan Blaustein-Rejto writes.
On World Zoonoses Day, a call for farms in emerging markets to get access to the same tech and knowhow as their counterparts elsewhere.
It could file its prospectus – seeking to raise a reported $10 billion at a $60 billion valuation – as soon as next week.
From Landsat through to modern-day providers like Planet, satellite imagery has had a role to play in agriculture. But many misconceptions persist.
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.
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 hardware’s depth of analysis would likely advance our understanding of the genetic code of plants – and humans – far beyond what we know today.
Carbon emissions reductions can, and should, go hand-in-hand with helping farmers to maintain the profitability and productivity of their operations.
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.
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.
Online ag marketplaces that connect farmers with commodity traders and other buyers can help encourage broader adoption of digital technologies across agriculture, writes Dmytro Lennyi.
Ag retailers need to help their customers boost crop yields to meet growing demand. But what method should they recommend to help growers produce more?
AI must be applied not just to growing more of this crop or that crop, but to optimizing agriculture’s entire value chain, writes Joseph Byrum.
Biometric tech has become part of our everyday lives, whether we’re opening a bank account, crossing a border, or unlocking a phone – and it’s coming to our food, too.
Agrobots built around collective computational intelligence could help us better understand the interactions between plant physiology, soil structure, and other environmental factors.
A couple of weeks ago we hosted our second Future Food News Review on Clubhouse with leading journalists in foodtech, agtech and food systems globally, including Pultizer prize-winner Kim Severson. Listen to the in-depth and nuanced discussion about the week’s top news here.
The Netherlands startup is now eight years old. We catch up with CEO Maarten Bosch to find out about its next steps.
AI that learns through ’embodied intelligence’ could boost agricultural resilience with its greater capacity to adapt to rapidly evolving climatic events.
Dishing the dirt on ag carbon credits