Arado’s digital agribusiness marketplace connecting farmers directly with retailers and restaurants grew 30x in 2022.
Climate-related cost increases for livestock companies will come from higher feed prices and expected carbon taxes, says FAIRR.
Pink Farms aims to provide some or possibly all of its vertical farming technology to the grain and fiber production in the next 10 years.
Plus, Starbucks names a new CEO and a longtime veteran of consumer goods corporate Unilever calls it quits after 35 years.
The Seedz platform aims to transition more farmers in Brazil online while also giving major suppliers more actionable data.
The move includes closing down a 189,000-square-foot plant-based meat factory in Denver, Colorado, as well as getting rid of more than 100 jobs.
By partnering with Lavoro, David Friedberg’s company hopes to drive more agtech adoption by leveraging the ag retailer’s influence on farmers.
The Solix Sprayer can help farms reduce their chemical inputs and deliver a lower carbon footprint and environmental impact.
Puna Bio will launch its seed treatment that leverages the power of extremophiles — bacteria that can make plants more resilient to extreme conditions.
Plus: alt-cheesemakers raise new funds, delivery ‘bots head to college campuses, and IKEA strikes a deal with indoor ag startup Infarm.
The digital ag marketplace aims to bring fairer prices to restaurants and retailers and more profit to small and medium farmers.
General Mills invested $3 million more into regen ag, Lunchbox acquired another restaurant ordering platform, and Cox delved deeper into indoor farming.
Radar Agtech Brasil extensively maps startups operating in the Brazilian agrifoodtech value chain to support decision-making across the ecosystem.
Brazil- and US-based Solinftec will expand availability of its precision ag farm management platform to additional growers in North and South America.
When it comes to crops, biologicals are all the rage as a means to reduce agriculture’s environmental footprint – and increasingly as a solution to supply chain disruption. Decoy says livestock will be next.
They’re building a robotic system that can monitor crop health and feed data-informed insights back to farmers.
The region is still not among the top destinations for climate tech capital, despite its huge potential.
NFTs and other “web 3.0” tools are how the Brazilian startup plans to digitalize carbon credits and preserve the Amazon rainforest.
The country looks set to creep up the agtech investment rankings.
TerraMagna is one of several startups in Brazil looking to improve farmers’ liquidity.
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