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
Food Companies Can’t Figure Out What Americans Want to Eat – Wall Street Journal
How Precision Agriculture Can Help Traditional Farms – National Geographic
Claims against meat fail to consider bigger picture – Sustainable Food Trust
9 ways millennials are changing the way we eat – Washington Post
‘Sexy plants’ on track to replace harmful pesticides to protect crops – The Guardian
Is IoT the Key to the Future of Food Safety? – IoT for All
3 Innovative Ways Blockchain Will Build Trust In The Food Industry – Forbes
A Stampede of Meatless Products Overrun Grocery Store Meat Cases – Wall Street Journal
90 percent of plastics polluting our oceans come from 10 rivers – Digital Journal
CRISPR-edited cells might cause cancer, two studies find – Stat News
The new food: meet the startups racing to reinvent the meal – The Guardian
Closing the loop on sustainable aquaculture – Washington Post
Do VCs really add value? — Founders say sometimes – Hacker Noon
Zero-Waste Restaurant Concepts Could Be The New Norm – Mind Body Green
NASA’s SMAP Satellite Collects Soil Moisture Content Worldwide – Modern Farmer
Small farmers are mixing old equipment with new tech – Popular Science
Robofarming & The Future of Agriculture – Tech Native
AgriFood Tech Venture News
Chowbotics raises $11 million to move its robot beyond salads – Tech Crunch
Stine Seed Plunks Down $5 Million on Smart Ag’s Driverless Tractor Kit – PrecisionAg
Autogrow’s API and Amazon’s Alexa lead to world first talking AgTech system – Fresh Plaza
Venture capitalists find rising market in rural America via data-loving farmers – EDF
Rootella BR Becomes First Mycorrhizal Inoculant Registered for Commercial Use in Brazil – PR
Innovation Insights showcases growth of agri-tech cluster – Agri Tech East
Food Traceability Storytelling for Farmer Co-Ops – Agrivi
Zasso Group opens Zasso France and Raises Further Equity Financing – PR
Zasso secures Equity Financing from Green Towers and Ergas Ventures– PR
Neudorff and Zasso form joint venture – PR
AgriFood Industry News
Alibaba brings artificial intelligence to the barnyard – Financial Times
Syngenta strengthens U.S. Seeds business with leadership appointments – PR
New Study Names Great Falls, MT, Most Affordable Market for Food Processing – PR
Australia’s top young scientists recognised with ICM Agrifood Award – PR
AgriFood Policy News
Senate Farm Bill Harnesses Technology to Maximize Conservation Impact – EDF
The Most Effective Way To Save The Planet – Forbes
For Farmers on SNAP, House Farm Bill Cuts Would Hurt in More Ways than One – Civil Eats
Senate agriculture panel passes farm bill with hemp legalization – CNBC
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