As is the case with a lot of great Canadian ideas, the founders of Future Fields came up with theirs while waiting in line at Tim Hortons.
Covid-19 has raised serious questions about the safety, efficiency, and overall efficacy of meat processing. From labor shortages to infected workers to empty store shelves,
In this roundtable article, AFN hears from team members at three GROW startups which are playing their part in the plant-based protein revolution.
The Chicago-based VC has unveiled the first round of investments out of its new $100 million fund targeting ocean health and aquaculture.
The Canadian company is testing its HydroGreen indoor forage-growing technology with a major beef and dairy operation in Wyoming.
The Canadian startup aims to help farmers optimize equipment usage so they can squeeze more profitability out of their machinery.
The Toronto-based startup is hoping to digitalize an antiquated industry that relies on middlemen to broker deals between buyers and sellers.
The Winnipeg-based precision ag company’s share price leapt by almost 18% in its first day of trading.
The New Brunswick-based startup is commercializing its mastitis detection technology, starting with beta trials on dairies in Canada.
The Toronto-based company has pivoted from drones as a core business to offering multi-layer analytics as farmers seek the most bang for their data bucks.
Economic and retail data may help to explain why hydroponic lettuce has some way to go before it can compete on price with conventionally grown plants.
The Montreal-based startup says it has designed its robots to ‘collaborate’ with human employees, rather than replace them completely.
Patrick Morris, CEO of the Vancouver-based foodtech fund, tells AFN why it decided to go down the IPO route – and what it has planned for the future.
With the new business unit, Canadian telecom giant Telus is aiming to provide tech solutions across the entire agrifood supply chain.
The US company’s plant-based products had already made it onto restaurant menus in Asia, but now Hong Kongers and Singaporeans can cook them at home too.
Farmers Edge will assist growers in tracking and verifying production data, while Radicle will help them identify opportunities to qualify for credits.
The Canadian startup provides solar-powered, self-cleaning sensors that can keep track of livestock feed levels in real time.
As the restaurant industry turns to tech amid Covid-19, startups are landing investment – and have a unique opportunity to accelerate tech adoption.
The ongoing legal battle between Farmers Edge and Farmobile over which company owns the rights to a technology that gathers data from farm machinery has
The Ontario-based startup is counting on nanotechnology to offer farmers the benefits of both traditional chemical-based inputs and newer biological products.
