Should regenerative agriculture embrace gene editing? This startup says it must
June 29, 2020
Incorporating CRISPR and other biotech tools in the still-forming regenerative ag movement will undoubtedly cause some controversy.
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Future Food 🎙️: The future and sustainability of protein in our diets
June 24, 2020
In every conversation I have with the FoodShot team, I learn something new. Now they’re turning their attention to the protein debate with a unique approach.
Realigning capital market access to scale up climate-resilient agriculture in post-Covid India
June 20, 2020
Moving towards more climate-resilient agriculture and food production was already imperative for India. The Covid-19 pandemic has made it even more urgent.
Future Food: How the digitization of ag will increase food’s sustainability, with IntelinAir’s Al Eisaian
June 18, 2020
How does an environmentalist become an aerial imagery data analytics and AI entrepreneur?
Precision Protein: The key to a future-proof food system
June 18, 2020
Two prominent academics from UC Davis and Wageningen agree that there is no time — either for the health of people or the planet — to be imprecise with our approach to protein, a macronutrient that is so resource-intensive and consequential to the environment.
Digital ag: Why is predicting return on investment per field so hard?
June 16, 2020
Several factors have kept farmers guessing which fields are producing the lion’s share of profit – and which are responsible for making losses, writes Dmytro Lennyi.
Now that cannabis is essential, it’s time to roll out the tech
June 10, 2020
It’s time to put the stigmas to bed and the pipettes to work and give cannabis a chance to work its magic. It’s that essential, writes Kevin McKernan.
Farm Tech Market Map: Why it’s time to distinguish farm tech from the messy supply chain
June 9, 2020
Take a first look at Seana Day’s new Farm Tech Landscape 2020 here, and some insights into what to expect next.
Seafood in the time of Covid-19, according to farmers, chefs & distributors
June 8, 2020
In the US, roughly 70% of seafood consumption is at restaurants and only 30% at home. With restaurant business falling off a ledge, what are the pandemic-evoked ramifications for seafood businesses? To find out, our resident fish geek called a variety of players in the chain to find out.
Covid-19 is a boon for plant-based protein companies. Here are 3 things to get right
June 5, 2020
When developing the future of protein from plants, innovators must take heed of key lessons that this pandemic is teaching us about the fragility of our food systems.
8 Takeaways from the Artemis Virtual Grower Summit
June 4, 2020
Digital does not mean difficult; the key to branding is authenticity; and how the CARES Act could be relevant to your indoor growing business were some of the takeaways and topics at Artemis’ virtual grower summit, according to CEO Allison Kopf.
Facebook and Paypal join Google, Tencent to back Indonesian food and payments giant Gojek
June 3, 2020
Facebook’s first investment in an Indonesian company has echoes of its $5.7 billion Jio deal in India earlier this year.
Why AgFunder invested in Singrow
June 2, 2020
Born out of the National University of Singapore, Singrow is directing its efforts towards local production of temperate-zone fruits and vegetables in tropical areas. And it’s starting with strawberries.
Future Food 🎙️: Oatly co-founder on scaling alt milk and the need for local food production
June 2, 2020
From IT to oat milk, Bjorn Oste started working with his oat milk-inventing brother Rickard in the 1990s to build Oatly, the hugely successful, Sweden-born oat milk company, known for its quirky marketing campaigns, and more recently for selling out in major grocery stores at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Weather, food security, and Covid-19
June 1, 2020
Agriculture is a weather-driven sector. Increasing weather variability due to a warmer atmosphere, coupled with Covid-19 supply chain disruptions and trade restrictions, are driving up food prices and increasing food insecurity in 2020, writes John Corbett.
Q&A: Covid-19 has made us turn to local farmers, says head of Singapore’s top e-grocery site
June 1, 2020
E-commerce demand has skyrocketed, while local farmers and growers are picking up a lot of the slack in supply chains, says the man in charge of RedMart.
Startup Spotlight: With a decade of R&D under its belt, MustGrow wants to make biopesticides easy for growers to adopt
June 1, 2020
The publicly-traded company is responding to the increasing number of countries banning chemical inputs by innovating bio-based solutions.
AgFunder Digitalk #4: The implications of Covid-19 on ESG and impact investing in agrifood
May 28, 2020
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?
Why is no one talking about agriculture as a solution to climate change?
May 28, 2020
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.
Future Food: Ambrosia wants to clean your house with food waste
May 21, 2020
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.
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