Rice and wheat are harvested with combine harvesters. Yet strawberries are still picked by hand at a time when growers are facing rising labor costs and serious labor shortages. So why aren’t we seeing more mechanization being deployed for specialty crops?
2022 was a grim year for agrifoodtech investment, with funding down 44% year-on-year globally, in part driven by an 81% drop in funding in China. So why did funding fall off a cliff and what can we expect in 2023 and beyond?
Unlike almonds, which rely on honeybees for pollination, a dwindling and increasingly expensive resource, pistachio crops are pollinated by wind, which is both abundant and free-of-charge. So why are some growers turning to artificial pollination?
Copper has been used as a fungicide since the 1800s with no pathogen resistance. VM Agritech builds on this ancient solution with a broad-spectrum, copper-and-zinc-based fungicide.
Clean Crop Technologies tackles food waste with cold plasma tech, says CEO Dan White: “We target applications where we can achieve the same or similar decontamination as thermal pasteurization without harming quality.”
Israeli startup Plantae Bioscience uses CRISPR gene editing techniques to slash levels of bitter-tasting saponins in yellow peas, addressing a major pain point in the plant protein industry.
Elo Life Systems has closed a $24.5m Series A to accelerate the development of a natural high-intensity sweetener, and Cavendish bananas engineered to resist the devastating Fusarium wilt fungal disease threatening global banana production.
With over 20,000 farmers across 13 countries, multinational brewing company AB InBev employs a range of tactics when it comes to boosting soil health.
In this week’s episode of New Food Order, we speak with Sam Kass, former White House senior policy advisor, chef, author, and venture partner at Acre Venture Partners, about the transformation occurring across the food and agriculture industries.
Despite a slowdown in people moves overall, the month included a few notable transitions from the likes of Beyond Meat and the Upcycled Foods Association.
The Center launched the Danforth Technology Company to commercialize its research and technology and launch new agtech startups from its own campus.
Three of the biggest funding rounds announced in the last week involved on-demand food and grocery delivery startups from various countries.
