Do more with less. It’s probably fair to say that’s been the key mantra for the agtech industry over the past decade. As we approach 2020, expect more attention on improving the quality of the food we produce. Benson Hill is one example.
The six winning startups beat out 150 total applicants in a competitive 18-month accelerator program featuring investors and experts.
Recent academic work has found that oyster farming can remove nitrogen, phosphate and sediment from the water column making it more than just a profitable business with growing global demand, writes Chip Terry.
The 2018 farm bill included many new provisions for regenerative agriculture and the CRA is hoping administrative agencies make good use of the opportunities.
Israeli insect farming startup Flying Spark has struck a partnership and investment deal with Thai Union, one of the world’s largest seafood producers.
As tit-for-tat tariffs fly left, right, and centre, this fund aims to bring the US and China together, by rewarding startup smarts with funds.
Vertical Future plans to cut down London’s carbon ‘foodprint’ with its latest £4m seed round, led by impact investor Earthworm. Read on to find out more.
This is the second-largest round for a cultivated meat startup after Memphis Meat’s $17 million Series A.
Aleph Farms — a startup designing bio-reactor grown and 3D-printable beef steaks — has been busily turning the International Space Station into, well, an International ‘Space Steak’ Station.
Farmers and investors are making financial gains from regenerative agriculture, according to several speakers at the inaugural Regenerative Food Systems Investment (RFSI) Forum.
Through its Genetic Traits Detection Platform, the company is hoping to make seed selection more accurate and reliable for farmers.
The Israeli startup sells compostable packaging solutions that breakdown within 180 days to packaging manufacturers and retailers
Farmers direct marketed $8.7b in farm products during 2015 as consumers continue to seek out locally produced goods.
Karn Manhas, CEO of Terramera, believes organic input products could soon be as effective if not more effective than damaging chemicals used today.
The Amazon Rainforest is being whittled away by one of the most massive blazes in history. Could tech have prevented it?
PLANETARIANS. Crave Change: Even in food obsessed culture, it’s hard to find nutritious choices that sync today’s lifestyle of constant motion. In a world where
3F manufactures mycoprotein as a plant-based protein ingredient for food companies, but the founder is more positive about the potential for hybrid meat products than meat-free and has partnered with various industry players in Europe to work on it.
Seaweed is an exciting source of energy, proteins, biodegradable plastics, fertilizers, clothes or pharmaceuticals, but can its production keep up with growing demand?
Finding alternative uses for methane could be an important tool in the fight against climate change as the gas is responsible for at least a quarter of global warming and is over 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
The digital marketplace is one of many new platforms designed to cut out the middlemen and promote greater transparency throughout the agricultural supply chain.
