High-tech shrimp farmer Atarraya plans 200-tank facility in Northeastern US
August 6, 2024
“For the first 100 tanks there, we have already sold all our product,” says founder and CEO Daniel Russek.
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Leaf Agriculture raises $11.3m Series A to build ‘the lingua franca’ of ag data
August 1, 2024
“The cost of using Leaf pays for itself in both lower initial development costs and reduced maintenance costs.”
Guest article: What’s driving green biology innovation in South Korean agriculture
July 29, 2024
Korea’s agricultural sector is experiencing significant transformation driven by advancements in microbiome technology and natural products.
A quarter of the planet faces extremely high water stress. Meet the innovators trying to change that
July 29, 2024
Water was the theme of the latest Foodshot Global challenge, and more specifically, how tech can help protect water as a resource for food and agriculture.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Biotech co Digestiva closes $18m round, Syntetica bags $4.5m for nylon recycling
July 18, 2024
Meanwhile, Voyage Foods enters the bean-less coffee space and alt-protein startup Mycorena files for bankruptcy.
Guest article: AI can transform precision agriculture, but what are the legal risks?
July 15, 2024
Precision agriculture and AI have the potential to transform farming. But legal risks around data privacy and bias need to be carefully navigated, argue Dr. Siegmar Pohl and Jordan Glassman at law firm Kilpatrick.
ByBug: Black soldier flies can deliver cheaper, more scalable recombinant protein production
July 8, 2024
Producing high-value proteins from genetically engineered black soldier flies is cheaper and more scalable than expressing them in engineered microbes via precision fermentation, claims Chilean startup ByBug.
‘The pressure is on’ as ag biologicals evolve past ‘the peak of inflated expectations’
July 2, 2024
The 2024 Salinas Biological Summit unpacked the many ways in which the ag biologicals industry is adapting to a changing environment.
Guest article: Unlocking regenerative agriculture’s potential with plant sap analysis
June 20, 2024
Plant sap analysis can harmonize regenerative agriculture with economic prosperity.
Associate Director, Quality
June 20, 2024
Kula Bio is a leader in sustainable nitrogen solutions, helping farmers improve crop yield and reduce environmental impact. We are producing a cost-competitive biofertilizer that boosts a naturally occurring process to deposit meaningful amounts of nitrogen in the soil. We are seeking a hands- on Analytical Bio/Chemist with experience in Quality
Farmers ‘ready and willing to try’ biological crop solutions. Only ‘strong business models’ need apply
June 18, 2024
Adapting to a changing environment while supporting growers is the over-arching theme of this year’s Salinas Biological Summit.
Researchers net $85m to tap ancient eDNA to inspire next-gen climate resilient crops: ‘The early data is breathtaking’
June 13, 2024
“We had the human genome project,” says Dr. Claus Felby. “This is the planetary genome project… we are mapping everything in a given ecosystem.”
Bayer and Perdue share learnings from three-year regenerative agriculture partnership: ‘Change is hard’
June 11, 2024
Regenerative agriculture delivers benefits to farmers, say Bayer and Perdue Agribusiness, but they don’t come overnight.
Real cocoa… without the beans? Kokomodo deploys plant cell culture to tackle cocoa supply challenge
June 4, 2024
Israeli startup Kokomodo has emerged from stealth armed with $750k from The Kitchen FoodTech Hub to produce cocoa via plant cell culture.
Meet the founder: Voyage Foods’ Adam Maxwell on futureproofing the chocolate supply chain
May 31, 2024
Cocoa prices are now 4-5x higher than they were when Voyage Foods started out in 2021, which makes the case for alternatives increasingly compelling, says Adam Maxwell.
Associate Director of Quality
May 30, 2024
Kula Bio is a leader in sustainable nitrogen solutions, helping farmers improve crop yield and reduce environmental impact. We are producing a cost-competitive biofertilizer that
The Week in AgriFoodTech: Textile impact company Syre raises $100m, Nestlé launches brand for GLP-1 consumers
May 23, 2024
Plus: more layoffs at Deere and new fundraising to bring AI into the hospitality biz.
Meet the Founder: hexafarms bets on indoor ag: ‘We want to push the limits of AI in this space’
May 17, 2024
Berlin, Germany-based hexafarms just raised $1.4 million in pre-seed funding to bring its AI and sensor tech to indoor growers in Europe.
‘We predicted increases in cocoa prices months before the market.’ Helios taps AI to power forecasting platform for soft commodities
May 14, 2024
AI-powered startup Helios has launched what it claims is the world’s first global platform to forecast prices and availability of soft commodities from fruits and vegetables to cocoa.
Middle-income countries hold 75% of all climate mitigation opportunities, says new World Bank report
May 6, 2024
MICs have “an outsized role to play” when it comes to climate mitigation, says a new report from World Bank.
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