The Canadian telco recently launched Telus Agriculture after acquiring a string of agtech startups. But AgriWebb is just fine with remaining an independent portfolio company for now, says co-founder Justin Webb.
The Australian startup is building a library of animal cells from across the world, enabling ‘hundreds upon hundreds’ of combinations to create optimized alt-proteins.
The Australian startup has set the ambitious target of achieving its goal by 2025. But co-founder and CEO Sam Duncan is confident it has the tech chops to do it.
The Boulder, Colorado firm believes it can give the nascent carbon credits industry a boost by using hyperspectral imaging to make soil monitoring more efficient.
Getting the device through regulatory approvals required the team behind it to jump through more than a few hoops – and across a few continents.
The Australian startup has attracted investment from some of Asia’s biggest names as it looks to cash in on the continent’s growing appetite for protein.
The Australian startup uses lighting, robotics, and AI to ‘program’ algae strains so they can more efficiently produce specialty ingredients for the food and ag sectors.
SwarmFarm was founded in 2012 by farmer couple Andrew and Jocie Bate, who also run a dryland crop and beef cattle operation in rural Queensland.
The Australian government has released its annual budget, featuring several leg-ups for the ag industry. But more tech investment is key for longer term security.
To mark International Food Loss & Waste Awareness Day, AFN spoke to three startups who are taking three very different approaches to food waste reduction.
The UK-Australian startup uses AI, data analytics, drones, and ecological expertise to restore carbon and biodiversity to degraded land.
Regenerative farming is nothing new. But today, many of its principles are more easily applied thanks to the development of new technologies.
Emerging from stealth, GrainCorp-backed FutureFeed will build a value chain from the ground up to cultivate and commercialize its seaweed additive.
Mail order, frozen, plant-based chicken nuggets… Before we met Ben Pasternak, the founder of SIMULATE (formerly NUGGS), this would have sounded like the worst idea ever.
In Farmsave, FBN “saw a company that was deeply aligned with the same values [that] understands the role tech is going to play in the future of ag,” co-founder Charles Baron told AFN.
Australia is technologically advanced, highly urbanized, and has farmers aplenty – but its urban ag industry is practically non-existent. Sydney startup Blakthumb finds out why.
Goterra is an on-site food waste management technology and service that disposes of waste via modular insect farms.
Early Twitter and Uber backer Chris Sacca’s firm also invested in Australia’s Soil Carbon Co, which is developing a microbe-mediated method to sequester carbon.
Melbourne-based DAS is partnering with IAG to speed up risk assessment for rural insurance customers and provide them with ag, climate, and real estate insights.
According to the headlines, a new challenge has risen for our agriculture industry, with China suspending Australian beef exports as trade barriers escalate. However, these bans need to be placed into context.
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