The AgriFood News Aggregator features headlines from around the globe collected on AgFunder’s news sharing platform #feedit each week. Have news to share? Post it here and engage, share, and debate with your peers.
AgriFood & Tech Commentary
Can A.I. usher in a new era of hyper-personalized food? – The New Food Economy
Your next glass of wine might be fake – Wired
What is the true cost of eating meat? – The Guardian
How millennials became the world’s most powerful consumers – FT
America’s Largest Private Company [Cargill] Reboots a 153-Year-Old Strategy – Bloomberg
Ben & Jerry’s Bets On Blockchain To Cancel Out The Carbon In Every Scoop – Forbes
KFC To Test A Vegetarian Fried Chicken, Will Still Use The Colonel’s Secret Spices – Food Beast
Carbon farming isn’t worth it for farmers. Two blockchain companies want to change that – The New Food Economy
Families around the world join war on plastic – in pictures – The Guardian
A Quick Glimpse into the Kitchen of the Future – K!tchn Mag
The obsession with hydroponics and indoor growing damages Canadian northern food security – CBC
Can blockchain build a sustainable food industry? – Food Navigator
Plants repeatedly got rid of their ability to obtain their own nitrogen – ARS Technica
Food Waste Enough to Feed World’s Hungry Four Times Over – ReliefWeb
Why food policy is more important than ever – Reuters
How has Technology Sown the Seeds for Advancements in Agriculture – Entrepreneur India
Africa embraces digital farming – Digital Journal
Agriculture: A cash cow for Wi-Fi-based IoT? – WiFi Now
AgriFood Tech Venture News
AgriSync Raises Capital to Propel Growth, Enhance Collaboration in Front-line Agriculture – Agrisync
Chobani incubator to focus on food technology for the first time – FoodBev Media
Concentric Adds Global Regulatory Affairs Veteran to Executive Team – PR
New look for Ceres Imaging app and new features including including GeoTIFF downloads and Flight Schedules – Ceres Imaging
Jim Heneghan joins Gro Intelligence as Senior Vice President, Agribusiness – PR
Founders Story – Blue River Technology (Video) – YouTube
“Future Protein Award” honours the best solutions for the current protein dilemma – PR
The Food Tech 25:twenty-five companies changing the way we eat – The Spoon
On The Menu: 12 Food-Agri Tech Startups To Watch In 2018 – No Camels
Japan Part of $2.7M Investment in New Clean Meat Brand- Veg News
ABB Technology Ventures invests in Indian food industry company – Dairy Reporter
Chobani Incubator Talks New Food Tech Residency – Project Nosh
AgriFood Industry News
China develops new technology to convert desert to farmland – CGTN
Bayer to retire Monsanto name – Reuters
Ag Aviation Association Shares 7 Tips for Drone Operators – Ag Pro
Researchers at University of Illinois refine 20 years of satellite imagery to 30 meter resolution – Ag Pro
Less input, more output and lower environmental footprint – PR
Cawood expands to offer complete analytical service – Agri Hub
AgriFood Policy News
Rising Interest Rates Add To Already Stressed Agricultural, Rural Economy – PR
To fight climate change, policymakers should turn to food – Reuters
EU and Africa to strengthen agriculture cooperation – Agroop
