How HeavyFinance plans to finance the regen ag transition for more of Europe’s small and medium farmers
April 1, 2024
The Lithuania-based firm recently unveiled a €50 million fund backed by the European Investment Fund.
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Inside ADM’s mission to shift millions of acres to regenerative ag
March 27, 2024
The ADM regenerative ag program has signed up more than 2 million acres in the US and aims for for north of 4 million by 2025.
Meet the founder: FYTO’s Jason Prapas on ‘turning a nitrogen problem into high-grade protein’ for dairy farmers
March 22, 2024
We caught up with FYTO to talk duckweed and manure management: “Manure is a great input because we’re growing probably the fastest nitrogen consumer on the planet.”
Biological progress or bathtub brews? The state of US crop biologicals in 2024
March 21, 2024
Time to hunker down, startups.
Exclusive: Acre Venture Partners closes $140m agrifoodtech fund, places bets on ag robotics, AI/ML
March 19, 2024
“I think the pain will continue for a while as deals that aren’t performing are price corrected,” says managing partner Lucas Mann. “But I’m still super bullish about this space.”
Pivot Bio talks insets vs. offsets, paying farmers, and why nitrous oxide is an overlooked emission
March 18, 2024
Pivot Bio said it has paid $6 million to growers participating in the company’s N-OVATOR program that rewards farmers for using nitrogen management practices.
Locus Fermentation Solutions raises $30m in debt financing following ‘strategic restructuring,’ revamps carbon farming scheme
March 14, 2024
“Through a strategic restructuring we parted ways with some former team members,” says the Ohio-based firm.
Danone VP on methane reduction in dairy: ‘You can’t force this on farmers, you have to meet them where they are’
March 14, 2024
Cutting methane emissions on dairy farms can require significant upfront investment, but who will provide the capital? Danone VP Chris Adamo weighs in…
Farm Operations Manager
March 13, 2024
At Fyto, we are partnering with farmers to build a sustainable food system at a global scale. Since launching out of MIT in 2019, we
Sr. Manufacturing Associate, Packaging
March 13, 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
Meet the founder: NitroVolt cofounder talks sustainability and farmer self sufficiency through green ammonia
March 8, 2024
Fresh off a fundraise, Denmark-based NitroVolt CEO and cofounder discusses the path from PhD student to CEO of a climate tech startup.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: ProteinDistillery brews up $16m, Rozana raises $22m for rural commerce in India
March 7, 2024
Plus: Plant-based “NotDogs” from Oscar Mayer and NotCo, John Deere’s “right to repair” case drags on, new meat labeling beef in Iowa.
Meet the founder: Protix’s Kees Aarts on insect ag… ‘You can’t come in with a Silicon Valley playbook and outcompete a legacy industry in 3 years’
March 1, 2024
“In the first six years, we had more failures than successes,” says insect ag pioneer Kees Aarts.
300,000 tons of grain and counting: Nigeria’s ThriveAgric aims for year-round food production for Africa’s smallholders
February 27, 2024
ThriveAgric has a target to provide $500 million in credit to 10 million smallholder farmers by 2027 and $1 billion to 20 million by 2050.
The 2024 list of agrifood corporates making regenerative agriculture commitments
February 20, 2024
A non-exhaustive look at agrifood corporates’ goals and ambitions for bringing better farming practices to their supply chains.
Plant Science Operations Technician
February 15, 2024
At Fyto, we are partnering with farmers to build a sustainable food system at a global scale. Since launching out of MIT in 2019, we
Fresh funding in hand, Shamba Pride aims to digitize last-mile distribution for Kenya’s ag inputs
February 13, 2024
Shamba Pride digitizes many tasks for agro-dealers in an effort to improve quality and traceability as well as access to information.
The Week in AgriFoodTech: BlueWhite, Protix & IGS raise funding, Eatable Adventures program investing in agrifood
January 25, 2024
Swiggy makes more cuts to its workforce, France contemplates a ban on cultivated meat.
Meet the founder: Money really does grow on trees, says Propagate’s Ethan Steinberg. But agroforestry requires patient capital
January 19, 2024
Can money really grow on trees? Undoubtedly, says Ethan Steinberg at agroforestry startup Propagate. But it doesn’t happen overnight, so farmers looking to plant trees among their crops need support, and upfront capital.
Meet the founder. Vertical Oceans’ John Diener on high-tech shrimp farming, “I have this obsession with efficiency’
January 5, 2024
Coastal shrimp farming comes with a laundry list of problems. So how do you design an alternate system that can eliminate externalities that threaten coastal systems (extreme weather, disease) and still make a margin?
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