Novozymes wants your help to accelerate protein’s fungal future
The Myco-Protein Innovation Call is focused on scaling the use of fungi as a protein source.
The Myco-Protein Innovation Call is focused on scaling the use of fungi as a protein source.
The Canadian telco’s social impact fund boosts the number of agtech startups in its portfolio with this latest round of investments.
“We’ve spent the money to take the R&D risk away” for vertical farm operators, IGS’s David Farquhar says on the sidelines of COP26.
The US startup is growing a plant that can help to reduce the carbon footprint of animal agriculture and become a new ingredient for alt-proteins.
The Norwegian company’s tech converts animal manure into sustainable fertilizer and traps greenhouse gas emissions in the process.
It’s reintroducing small-scale biogas technology to Malawi’s farms in order to provide a more sustainable source of fuel and fertilizer.
Carbon credits generated by ag-related projects make up less than 1% of all issued credits, according to data from the University of Berkeley, California.
Releaf recently raised $4.2 million to build palm oil processing facilities across Nigeria that it claims can boost the sector’s productivity 200x.
Heineken UK will work with 10 farmers to explore how practices like cover cropping can improve the emissions profile of beer’s main ingredient.
Don’t forget to register for the GROW Impact Accelerator’s virtual Demo Day taking place next week.
It’s “an instrumental step in upscaling the European insect sector,” according to industry group IPIFF.
Japfa and GROW have unveiled the 5 winners of Japfa Feeds the Future – a startup challenge aimed at advancing protein production and food resilience in Asia.
The Barcelona-based company started out as an online store for cut flowers. Since then it has gone B2B and added houseplants to its lineup – and now it’s using tech to revolutionize floriculture.
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.
The trio are using tech to help the world’s poorest farmers improve their yields and increase their incomes.
The Portland-based firm has closed its second indoor agriculture fund well beyond its $500 million target.
On World Zoonoses Day, a call for farms in emerging markets to get access to the same tech and knowhow as their counterparts elsewhere.
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.
Many employers are choosing to pay for workers’ lunches to incentivize a return to the office, according to workplace food ordering platform Sharebite.
Oatly appears to fit squarely into an ESG portfolio for public market investors, especially in comparison to many companies being touted as ESG bets.
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