The Latin American agtech startup ecosystem may have been slow to emerge compared to other regions in the world but in recent years, increasing numbers of startups from the region have hit the market regionally and overseas. How is that translating into adoption?
Pennsylvania-based Four Growers just released its second-generation automatic harvester for greenhouse-grown tomatoes.
Founder Bobby Brannigan explains how the Mercato tech platform is keeping mom-and-pop stores in business while also serving food deserts.
Erika Summers explains mechanical side of vertical farming and why you can’t build a vertical farm just anywhere, despite what the hype says.
Copper has been used as a fungicide since the 1800s with no pathogen resistance. VM Agritech builds on this ancient solution with a broad-spectrum, copper-and-zinc-based fungicide.
The now-defunct startup’s former VP Chris Cerveny says everything from timing to funding to how automation gets deployed can impact a farm’s lifespan.
Through a novel patent-pending process, ARC Ento Tech is turning waste into animal feeds, fertilizers and a reductant that could replace coking coal.
Agridex says it’s bringing transparency, connectivity and accessibility to ag value chains and its COO, Henry Duckworth believes blockchain is the solution.
Could you design a US food system without European influences? What might we learn from indigenous peoples to ensure food sovereignty and reverse our climate crisis?
University professor and startup founder Kaiyu Guan discusses remote sensing, computational modeling and why scientific credibility is critical for agtech’s success.
Companies big and small are making commitments to launch regenerative products, but what does regenerative product design actually look like? How do we measure the impacts of product design and ingredient choices on people and our planet?
Arkeon claims that ingredients are a bottleneck in the alternative proteins and is out to produce ingredients combined with vital amino acids.
With a fintech platform and food prescription program, About Fresh is making food accesiblity a reality for more Americans.
‘Building an Africa that feeds itself’ is what RiceAfrika says it’s out to accomplish. Ibrahim Maigari its founder and CEO believes that if we’re serious
Companies across all industries are being forced to rethink the way they do business, and food and agriculture are no exception. Businesses big and small want to do better and become more resilient, but how?
Zane Adams, Co-CEO of FedUp Foods talked to AFN about extractive food production systems and why producers need to embrace regenrative supply chains
We catch up with Benedikt Bösel, managing director of a 3000-hectare farm near Berlin, Germanyv that’s adopting and developing regen ag systems
Agtech expert and attorney Roger Royse shares his thoughts on what the agrifood industry should expect as one year closes and another begins.
From space bakeries to bioreactors, here’s what excites Urban Crop Solutions’ founder Maarten Vandecruys about controlled environment agriculture.
What would it look like if we completely re-designed the food system, product-by-product? In this week’s episode, we speak with Julia Collins, Founder + CEO of Planet FWD, a carbon management platform for consumer companies to bring climate-friendly products to market.
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