Danone dares to dream of regenerative dairy
Danone’s global farming expertise manager tells AFN how the company is embracing technological innovation in its search for sustainability.
Danone’s global farming expertise manager tells AFN how the company is embracing technological innovation in its search for sustainability.
Bunny Maicai is one of several ‘group-buying’ startups in China to have pulled in big bucks lately.
Investment into Innovative Food – which includes cultured meat, plant-based and fermented proteins, and novel ingredients – has been bolstered by Covid-19.
Two $100-million fund announcements and a spate of deals in August signal growth in sustainable seafood and aquaculture investment opportunities.
Variations in color mean that defining quality parameters for fresh produce has traditionally been a complex affair. But AI is changing that.
Governments should recognize the risks of foodborne disease; but to ensure food security, they must avoid excessive restrictions on moving goods and people.
Indigo says incoming CEO Ron Hovsepian, a partner at its investor Flagship Pioneering, is a “seasoned operational leader rightly suited to lead […] at this critical stage of maturation.”
Delivery app Dunzo reported a tripling in demand amid the country’s continuing Covid-19 outbreak, while rival e-grocer BigBasket saw new customer numbers rise 84%.
From Ukraine to Syria to Yemen, satellite data – including imagery and AI-driven analytics – is helping to track the impact of conflict on agriculture.
As the restaurant industry turns to tech amid Covid-19, startups are landing investment – and have a unique opportunity to accelerate tech adoption.
India will be home to more than 1.4 billion people by 2030. Unlike consumers in Europe and the US, they’ll be looking to eat more meat – not less.
Starting next week, NURTURE by GROW will feature talks from Asia-Pacific thought leaders on tech’s role in creating a more secure and sustainable food system.
Israel’s SupPlant and US-based ClimaCell have joined forces to make precision ag insights more accessible to low-income farmers in emerging markets.
Regenerative farming is nothing new. But today, many of its principles are more easily applied thanks to the development of new technologies.
Reader numbers were up 24% on H2 2019, with much of the growth coming from Asia Pacific and Africa – though the US retains its top spot.
Emerging from stealth, GrainCorp-backed FutureFeed will build a value chain from the ground up to cultivate and commercialize its seaweed additive.
Agrifoodtech startups and investors are plugging away in 2020 as if we weren’t all caught in the midst of a global pandemic. Well, almost.
Singapore’s VisVires New Protein and Switzerland’s Redalpine co-led the Series A funding, which will assist Mushlabs with scaling up its mycelium growing operations.
Pat Brown’s strategy to replace animal protein by focusing on taste has forced the meat industry to be reactive; now it needs to get proactive.
Emerging markets that depend on ag exports to the EU, like Ukraine and Kazakhstan, risk being left behind if they don’t keep up with farm digitalization.
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